I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4047 
To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act 
of 2009 to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Admin-
istrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to 
collaborate with State and local governments and Indian Tribes on vul-
nerability assessments related to ocean acidification, research planning, 
and similar activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2025 
Ms. PINGREE (for herself, Mr. MOYLAN, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Ms. CASTOR of 
Florida, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. GOLDEN of Maine, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MIN, and Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and 
Technology 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And 
Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the Secretary of Com-
merce, acting through the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to collaborate 
with State and local governments and Indian Tribes on 
vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification, 
research planning, and similar activities, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Communities 
Ocean Acidification Act of 2025’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 12403 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re-
search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3702) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (4); 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 
(5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) respectively; 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 
‘‘(3) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
ORGANIZATION.—The 
term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 3 of the NATIVE Act 
(25 U.S.C. 4352).’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-
graph (2), by inserting ‘‘an increase of’’ before ‘‘car-
bon dioxide’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 
SUBCOMMITTEE.—The 
term 
‘Sub-
committee’ means the National Science and Tech-
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nology Council Subcommittee on Ocean Science and 
Technology. 
‘‘(8) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’ means the States, collectively.’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF COLLABORATION ON OCEAN 
ACIDIFICATION. 
(a) 
ONGOING
INPUT
MECHANISM.—Section 
12404(c)(2) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research 
And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) maintain or establish an ongoing 
mechanism (such as a liaison or other contact 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration, standing meetings, or an online 
platform) to engage affected industry members, 
coastal stakeholders, community acidification 
networks, fishery management councils and 
commissions, Indigenous groups, non-Federal 
resource managers, and scientific experts not 
employed by the Federal Government to provide 
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