SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ocean and Coastal 
Mapping Integration Act’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President, in coordination 
with the Interagency Committee on Ocean and Coastal 
Mapping and affected coastal states, shall establish a pro-
gram to develop a coordinated and comprehensive Federal 
ocean and coastal mapping plan for the Great Lakes and 
coastal state waters, the territorial sea, the exclusive eco-
nomic zone, and the continental shelf of the United States 
that enhances ecosystem approaches in decision-making 
for conservation and management of marine resources and 
habitats, establishes research and mapping priorities, sup-
ports the siting of research and other platforms, and ad-
vances ocean and coastal science. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Committee shall be com-
prised of high-level representatives of the Department of 
Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, the Department of the Interior, the 
National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of 
Homeland Security, the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, and other appropriate Federal agencies 
involved in ocean and coastal mapping. 
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(c) PROGRAM PARAMETERS.—In developing such a 
program, the President, through the Committee, shall— 
(1) identify all Federal and federally funded 
programs conducting shoreline delineation and ocean 
or coastal mapping, noting geographic coverage, fre-
quency, spatial coverage, resolution, and subject 
matter focus of the data and location of data ar-
chives; 
(2) facilitate cost-effective, cooperative mapping 
efforts that incorporate policies for contracting with 
non-governmental entities among all Federal agen-
cies conducting ocean and coastal mapping, by in-
creasing data sharing, developing appropriate data 
acquisition and metadata standards, and facilitating 
the interoperability of in situ data collection systems, 
data processing, archiving, and distribution of data 
products; 
(3) facilitate the adaptation of existing tech-
nologies as well as foster expertise in new ocean and 
coastal mapping technologies, including through re-
search, development, and training conducted among 
Federal agencies and in cooperation with non-gov-
ernmental entities; 
(4) develop standards and protocols for testing 
innovative experimental mapping technologies and 
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transferring new technologies between the Federal 
Government, coastal state, and non-governmental 
entities; 
(5) provide for the archiving, management, and 
distribution of data sets through a national registry 
as well as provide mapping products and services to 
the general public in service of statutory require-
ments; 
(6) develop data standards and protocols con-
sistent with standards developed by the Federal Geo-
graphic Data Committee for use by Federal, coastal 
state, and other entities in mapping and otherwise 
documenting locations of federally permitted activi-
ties, living and nonliving coastal and marine re-
sources, marine ecosystems, sensitive habitats, sub-
merged cultural resources, undersea cables, offshore 
aquaculture projects, offshore energy projects, and 
any areas designated for purposes of environmental 
protection or conservation and management of living 
and nonliving coastal and marine resources; 
(7) identify the procedures to be used for co-
ordinating the collection and integration of Federal 
ocean and coastal mapping data with coastal state 
and local government programs; 
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(8) facilitate, to the extent practicable, the col-
lection of real-time tide data and the development of 
hydrodynamic models for coastal areas to allow for 
the application of V-datum tools that will facilitate 
the seamless integration of onshore and offshore 
maps and charts; 
(9) establish a plan for the acquisition and col-
lection of ocean and coastal mapping data; and 
(10) set forth a timetable for completion and 
implementation of the plan. 
SEC. 3. INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON OCEAN AND COAST-
AL MAPPING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, within 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, shall convene 
or utilize an existing interagency committee on ocean and 
coastal mapping to implement section 2. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The committee shall be com-
prised of senior representatives from Federal agencies 
with ocean and coastal mapping and surveying responsibil-
ities. The representatives shall be high-ranking officials of 
their respective agencies or departments and, whenever 
possible, the head of the portion of the agency or depart-
ment that is most relevant to the purposes of this Act. 
Membership shall include senior representatives from the 
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the 
Chief of Naval Operations, the United States Geological 
Survey, the Minerals Management Service, the National 
Science Foundation, the National Geospatial-Intelligence 
Agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the 
Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other appro-
priate Federal agencies involved in ocean and coastal map-
ping. 
(c) CO-CHAIRMEN.—The Committee shall be co- 
chaired by the representative of the Department of Com-
merce and a representative of the Department of the Inte-
rior. 
(d) SUBCOMMITTEE.—The co-chairmen shall estab-
lish a subcommittee to carry out the day-to-day work of 
the Committee, comprised of senior representatives of any 
member agency of the committee. Working groups may 
be formed by the full Committee to address issues of short 
duration. The subcommittee shall be chaired by the rep-
resentative from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration. The chairmen of the Committee may cre-
ate such additional subcommittees and working groups as 
may be needed to carry out the work of Committee. 
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