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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3548 
To improve data collection and monitoring of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, 
estuaries, and coasts, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2019 
Ms. BONAMICI (for herself and Mr. YOUNG) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, and Edu-
cation and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To improve data collection and monitoring of the Great 
Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bolstering Long-Term 
Understanding and Exploration of the Great Lakes, 
Oceans, Bays, and Estuaries Act’’ or the ‘‘BLUE GLOBE 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purpose of this Act is to promote and support— 
(1) the monitoring, understanding, and explo-
ration of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, 
and coasts; and 
(2) the collection, analysis, synthesis, and shar-
ing of data related to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, 
estuaries, and coasts to facilitate science and oper-
ational decision making. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) The Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, 
and coasts face significant challenges from, among 
other things, marine debris, illegal, unreported, and 
unregulated fishing, and changing conditions. 
(2) Most of the ocean floor is mapped only at 
a very coarse resolution of 5 kilometers per pixel, 
whereas Mars, the Moon, and Venus are mapped at 
a much finer resolution of 100 meters per pixel or 
better. 
(3) Many industries, including the fishing and 
aquaculture, energy, shipping, insurance, telecommu-
nications, weather and climate forecasting, and tour-
ism industries, among others, use ocean data, wheth-
er or not the industries collect that data themselves. 
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(4) In 2017, the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration estimated that United States 
businesses that collect ocean data or provide en-
hanced ocean data products have overall revenues of 
approximately $58,000,000,000. 
(5) Although a large amount of data related to 
the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts 
is collected internationally, nationally, and region-
ally, by international bodies, national agencies, insti-
tutes, private companies, and other entities, that 
data collection is often uncoordinated, and the re-
sulting data are not always shared in a timely and 
useful manner between those entities. 
(6) Improved collection, analysis, synthesis, and 
sharing of such data will improve our understanding 
of, and responses to, the challenges faced by the 
Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts. 
(7) Innovation, research, and a skilled work-
force are required to improve our understanding of 
the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts 
and the challenges they face. 
(8) According to the National Oceanic and At-
mospheric Administration, in 2015, the ocean and 
Great Lakes economy in the United States employed 
approximately 3,200,000 people and accounted for 
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approximately $320,000,000,000 of the gross do-
mestic product of the United States. 
(9) The value and impact of the industries re-
lated to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, 
and coasts on the economy of the United States are 
evidently immense; however, what is known as the 
‘‘Blue Economy’’ is neither consistently defined nor 
regularly quantified. 
(10) The Federal Government has a responsi-
bility to support the monitoring, understanding, and 
exploration of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estu-
aries, and coasts in pursuit of the national security 
and economic and environmental well-being of the 
United States, and as a world leader. 
SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) agencies should optimize data collection, 
management, and dissemination, to the extent prac-
ticable, to maximize their impact for research, com-
mercial, regulatory, and educational benefits and to 
foster innovation, scientific discoveries, the develop-
ment of commercial products, and the development 
of sound policy with respect to the Great Lakes, 
oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; 
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(2) the United States is a leading member of 
the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cul-
tural Organization, a founding member of the Atlan-
tic Ocean Research Alliance, and a key partner in 
developing the United Nations Decade of Ocean 
Science for Sustainable Development; 
(3) the Integrated Ocean Observing System and 
the Global Ocean Observing System are key assets 
and networks that bolster our understanding of the 
marine environment; 
(4) the National Oceanographic Partnership 
Program is a meaningful venue for collaboration and 
coordination among Federal agencies, scientists, and 
ocean users; 
(5) the National Centers for Environmental In-
formation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration should be looked to by other Federal 
agencies as a primary, centralized repository for 
Federal ocean data; 
(6) the Marine Cadastre, a joint effort of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, pro-
vides access to data and information for specific 
issues and activities in ocean resources management 
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to meet the needs of offshore energy and planning 
efforts; 
(7) the regional associations of the Integrated 
Ocean Observing System, certified by the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for the 
quality and reliability of their data, are important 
sources of observation information for the Great 
Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; and 
(8) the Regional Ocean Partnerships and re-
gional data portals, which provide publicly available 
tools such as maps, data, and other information to 
inform decisions and enhance marine development, 
should be supported by and viewed as collaborators 
with Federal agencies and ocean users. 
SEC. 5. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the 
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere 
in the Under Secretary’s capacity as Administrator of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 
SEC. 6. INCREASED COORDINATION AMONG AGENCIES 
WITH RESPECT TO DATA AND MONITORING. 
(a) INTERAGENCY
OCEAN
OBSERVATION
COM-
MITTEE.—In addition to its responsibilities as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and in consultation with the 
associated advisory committee authorized by section 
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12304(d) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observa-
tion System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3603(d)), the Inter-
agency Ocean Observation Committee shall— 
(1) work with international coordinating bodies, 
as necessary, to ensure robust, direct measurements 
of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, and 
coasts, including oceanographic data; 
(2) coordinate supercomputing capacity, data 
storage capacity, and public access across agencies; 
and 
(3) support cross-agency and multi-platform 
synergy, by coordinating overlapping data collection 
by satellites, buoys, submarines, gliders, vessels, and 
other data collection vehicles and technologies. 
(b) FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE.—In 
addition to its responsibilities as of the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and in consultation with the National 
Geospatial Advisory Committee, the Federal Geographic 
Data Committee shall— 
(1) work with international coordinating bodies, 
as necessary, to ensure robust, continuous measure-
ments of the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, 
and coasts, including satellite and geospatial data; 
(2) coordinate supercomputing capacity, data 
storage capacity, and public access across agencies; 
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(3) develop and deploy cross-agency, real-time, 
standardized, centralized, archived, open-source, and 
publicly available databases (using declassified infor-
mation to the extent possible) for all federally fund-
ed observational and model data, using the example 
of the World Ocean Database; and 
(4) support new and old data and metadata cer-
tification, quality assurance, quality control, integra-
tion, and archiving. 
(c) INTERAGENCY
COMMITTEE
ON
OCEAN
AND 
COASTAL MAPPING.—In addition to its responsibilities as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act, and in consulta-
tion with its associated advisory panel authorized by sec-
tion 12203(g) of the Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integra-
tion Act (33 U.S.C. 3502(g)), the Interagency Committee 
on Ocean and Coastal Mapping shall— 
(1) work with international coordinating bodies, 
as necessary, to ensure robust, continuous satellite 
and direct measurements of the Great Lakes, 
oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts, including bathy-
metric data; 
(2) coordinate supercomputing capacity, data 
storage capacity, and public access across agencies; 
and 
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(3) make recommendations on how to make 
data, metadata, and model output accessible to a 
broader public audience, including through geo-
graphic information system layers, graphics, and 
other visuals. 
SEC. 7. INTERAGENCY OCEAN EXPLORATION COMMITTEE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
a committee to promote the exploration and improved un-
derstanding of the oceans, to be known as the ‘‘Inter-
agency Ocean Exploration Committee’’. 
(b) MEMBERSHIP.—The Interagency Ocean Explo-
ration Committee shall be composed of not fewer than one 
senior-level representative from each of the following Fed-
eral agencies: 
(1) The Department of the Navy. 
(2) The Department of the Interior. 
(3) The Department of Commerce. 
(4) The department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating. 
(5) The Office of Management and Budget. 
(6) The Council on Environmental Quality. 
(7) The Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy. 
(8) The Department of State. 
(9) The National Science Foundation. 
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(10) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
(11) The Subcommittee on Ocean Science and 
Technology of the National Science and Technology 
Council. 
(12) The elements of the intelligence commu-
nity (as defined in section 3 of the National Security 
Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), as the President 
considers appropriate. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Interagency Ocean Exploration 
Committee shall— 
(1) cultivate public-private partnerships, includ-
ing with Federal agencies, academic institutions, 
nongovernmental organizations, technology compa-
nies, and international partners, to develop and de-
ploy advanced technologies to explore and charac-
terize the oceans; and 
(2) coordinate the application of existing inno-
vative technologies and development of emerging 
technologies to promote the understanding, mapping, 
and collection of data describing the oceans and the 
changes the oceans are experiencing and are antici-
pated to experience in the future, such as changes 
in temperature, salinity, oxygenation, and acidity, 
and the biological consequences of those changes. 
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SEC. 8. COMMITTEE ON OCEAN POLICY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Executive Office of the President a Committee on Ocean 
Policy, which— 
(1) succeeds the Ocean Policy Committee estab-
lished on June 19, 2018, by Executive Order 13840 
(83 Fed. Reg. 29431; relating to ocean policy); 
(2) shall continue the activities of that com-
mittee as it was in existence on the day before the 
date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(3) shall carry out the functions described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Committee on Ocean Policy 
shall— 
(1) facilitate coordination and integration of 
Federal activities in ocean and coastal waters to in-
form ocean policy and identify priority ocean re-
search, technology, and data needs; and 
(2) engage and collaborate with stakeholders, 
including Regional Ocean Partnerships, to address 
ocean-related matters that may require interagency 
or intergovernmental solutions. 
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SEC. 9. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION TASK FORCE TO COM-
BAT ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED, AND UNREGU-
LATED FISHING. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish 
a technology innovation task force (in this Act referred 
to as the ‘‘IUU Tech Force’’) to combat IUU fishing. 
(b) LEADERSHIP.—The IUU Tech Force shall be led 
by the Director of the National Maritime Intelligence-Inte-
gration Office, who shall coordinate with the National 
Ocean Counsel Committee on IUU Fishing and Seafood 
Fraud. 
(c) MEMBERSHIP.—The IUU Tech Force shall be 
composed of not fewer than one senior-level representative 
from each of the following Federal agencies: 
(1) The Department of the Navy. 
(2) The Department of Justice. 
(3) The Department of the Interior. 
(4) The Department of Agriculture. 
(5) The Department of Commerce. 
(6) The Department of Labor. 
(7) The Department of Health and Human 
Services. 
(8) The department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating. 
(9) The Office of Management and Budget. 
(10) The Council on Environmental Quality. 
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(11) The Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy. 
(12) The Office of the United States Trade 
Representative. 
(13) The United States Agency for Inter-
national Development. 
(14) The Department of State. 
(15) The National Science Foundation. 
(16) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration. 
(17) The Subcommittee on Ocean Science and 
Technology of the National Science and Technology 
Council. 
(d) DUTIES.—The IUU Tech Force shall— 
(1) cultivate public-private partnerships, includ-
ing with Federal agencies, academic institutions, 
nongovernmental organizations, technology compa-
nies, and international partners, to develop and de-
ploy advanced technologies to identify and combat 
IUU fishing; 
(2) identify opportunities to declassify and 
make more publicly available imagery from the De-
partment of Defense and the department in which 
the Coast Guard is operating and other information 
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that can be used to identify IUU fishing or be used 
in enforcement actions against violators; and 
(3) coordinate the application of existing inno-
vative technologies and development of emerging 
technologies to address— 
(A) IUU fishing; and 
(B) associated forced labor, human traf-
ficking, and other illicit activities. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INNOVATIVE
TECHNOLOGIES.—The term 
‘‘innovative technologies’’ includes the following: 
(A) Improved satellite imagery and track-
ing. 
(B) Advanced electronic monitoring equip-
ment. 
(C) Vessel location data. 
(D) Improved genetic, molecular, or other 
biological methods of tracking sources of sea-
food. 
(E) Electronic catch documentation and 
traceability. 
(F) Such other technologies as the Admin-
istrator considers appropriate. 
(2) IUU FISHING.—The term ‘‘IUU fishing’’— 
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(A) means illegal fishing, unreported fish-
ing, or unregulated fishing (as such terms are 
defined in paragraph 3 of the International 
Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate 
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, 
adopted at the 24th Session of the Committee 
on Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Orga-
nization of the United Nations in Rome on 
March 2, 2001); and 
(B) includes fishing activities conducted in 
contravention of applicable laws and regulations 
related to labor conditions. 
SEC. 10. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The 
Administrator shall develop a workforce development pro-
gram, in consultation with the following: 
(1) The Secretary of Defense. 
(2) The Commandant of the Coast Guard. 
(3) The Chief of Engineers of the Army Corps 
of Engineers. 
(4) The Secretary of Education. 
(5) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget. 
(6) The Administrator of the National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration. 
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(17) The IUU Tech Force established under 
section 9. 
(18) Non-Federal partners and other experts. 
(b) DUTIES.—The workforce development program 
developed under subsection (a) shall— 
(1) support undergraduate and graduate edu-
cation in the fields of engineering, marine sciences, 
data science and analytics, machine learning, robot-
ics, cybersecurity, and other fields related to the ad-
vancement of the monitoring, collection, synthesis, 
and analysis of data relating to the Great Lakes, 
oceans, bays, estuaries, and coasts; 
(2) support citizen science and public outreach 
related to the Great Lakes, oceans, bays, estuaries, 
and coasts that may encourage people to develop sci-
entific skills and to enter the fields described in 
paragraph (1); 
(3) promote diversity in the fields described in 
paragraph (1); and 
(4) build on existing science, technology, engi-
neering, and math (known as ‘‘STEM’’) education, 
veterans’ training, and programs to support indige-
nous people and other underrepresented groups to 
facilitate education and training through programs 
that include— 
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(A) grants to members of the Armed 
Forces and veterans for vocational training or 
other educational opportunities in the fields of 
engineering, marine sciences, and data manage-
ment and collection; 
(B) grants to marine trade associations, 
engineering associations, and other professional 
organizations to provide apprenticeships; and 
(C) scholarships for trade schools, voca-
tional institutes, institutions of higher edu-
cation, and educational coalitions such as the 
Alaska Native Science and Engineering Pro-
gram. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 
(2) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 101 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
SEC. 11. ACCELERATING INNOVATION AT COOPERATIVE IN-
STITUTES. 
(a) FOCUS ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES.—The Ad-
ministrator shall ensure that the goals of the Cooperative 
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Institutes of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
ministration include focusing on advancing or applying 
emerging technologies, which may include— 
(1) applied uses and development of real-time 
and other advanced genetic technologies and applica-
tions, including such technologies and applications 
that derive genetic material directly from environ-
mental samples without any obvious signs of biologi-
cal source material; 
(2) deployment of, and improvements to, the 
durability, maintenance, and other lifecycle concerns 
of advanced unmanned vehicles, regional small re-
search vessels, and other research vessels that sup-
port and launch unmanned vehicles and sensors; and 
(3) supercomputing and big data management, 
including data collected through electronic moni-
toring and remote sensing. 
(b) DESIGNATION OF NEW INSTITUTES.—The Ad-
ministrator may carry out subsection (a) by— 
(1) incorporating the goals described in that 
subsection into one or more Cooperative Institutes in 
existence on the date of the enactment of this Act; 
or 
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(2) designating through a competitive selection 
process the development of not more than 2 new Co-
operative Institutes to carry out those goals. 
(c) DATA SHARING.—Each Cooperative Institute 
shall ensure that data collected from the work of the insti-
tute, other than classified, confidential, or proprietary 
data, are archived and made publicly accessible. 
(d) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS.—The 
Cooperative Institutes shall work with the Interagency 
Ocean Observation Committee, the regional associations 
of the Integrated Ocean Observing System, and other 
ocean observing programs to coordinate technology needs 
and the transition of new technologies from research to 
operations. 
(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to 
carry out this section. 
(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—No funds 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion may be obligated or expended for the construc-
tion of new buildings or facilities for Cooperative In-
stitutes. 
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SEC. 12. BUILDING DATA SOURCES. 
(a) ENGAGING
INDIGENOUS, SUBSISTENCE, AND 
FISHING COMMUNITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish opportunities to engage indigenous, subsist-
ence, and fishing communities to understand the 
needs of those communities and to provide improved 
products and services that are practical and useful 
to those communities, including collecting and inte-
grating traditional ecological data and narrative 
records into national datasets. 
(2) DATA RIGHTS.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Administrator shall— 
(A) consider issues relating to data owner-
ship; and 
(B) ensure that indigenous, subsistence, 
and fishing communities retain any specific 
rights or ownership of data provided to Federal 
agencies. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIRED.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator shall submit to Congress a report 
identifying potential opportunities to encourage vol-
untary actions and partnerships between the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and 
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(iv) improved national security capac-
ity; 
(v) improved technology for fishery 
population assessments; 
(vi) expedited processes between and 
among Federal agencies to successfully 
identify, transition, and coordinate re-
search and development output to oper-
ations, applications, commercialization, and 
other uses; and 
(vii) ensuring that the United States 
maintains a technological lead in devel-
oping and deploying advanced ocean tech-
nologies; 
(B) an evaluation of the organizational 
structures under which an ARPA–O could be 
organized, which takes into account— 
(i) best practices for new research 
programs; 
(ii) metrics and approaches for peri-
odic program evaluation; 
(iii) capacity to fund and manage ex-
ternal research awards; and 
(iv) options for oversight of the activ-
ity through a Federal agency, an inter-
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