other Federal and State agencies,’’ 
after ‘‘ocean observing assets,’’; and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and agency 
and department missions, prioritizing 
the location of monitoring instru-
ments, assets, and projects to maxi-
mize the efficiency of resources and to 
optimize 
understanding 
of 
socio-
economic 
impacts 
and 
ecosystem 
health’’ after ‘‘research program’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘adaptation’’ and 
inserting ‘‘adaptation and mitigation’’; 
and 
(II) by inserting ‘‘and supporting 
socioeconomically vulnerable commu-
nities and industries’’ after ‘‘marine 
ecosystems’’; 
(iii) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘its impacts’’ and inserting ‘‘their respec-
tive impacts’’; 
(iv) in subparagraph (F), by striking 
‘‘monitoring and impacts research’’ and in-
serting ‘‘research, monitoring, and adapta-
tion and mitigation strategies’’; and
(v) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) research to improve understanding of 
the effect of— 
‘‘(i) other environmental stressors on 
ocean acidification and coastal acidifica-
tion; 
‘‘(ii) multiple environmental stressors 
on living marine resources and coastal eco-
systems; and 
‘‘(iii) adaptation and mitigation strat-
egies to address the socioeconomic impacts 
of ocean acidification and coastal acidifica-
tion.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘critical 
research projects that explore’’ and inserting 
‘‘critical research and education projects that 
explore and communicate’’; and 
(D) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by striking 
‘‘acidification’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘acidification and coastal acidification’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(c) RELATIONSHIP
TO INTERAGENCY WORKING 
GROUP.—The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin-
istration shall serve as the lead Federal agency responsible 
for coordinating the Federal response to ocean acidifica-
tion and coastal acidification, by— 
‘‘(1) leading the interagency working group in 
implementing the strategic research plan under sec-
tion 12405; 
‘‘(2) coordinating monitoring and research ef-
forts among Federal agencies in cooperation with 
State, local, and Tribal government and inter-
national partners; 
‘‘(3) maintaining an Ocean Acidification Infor-
mation 
Exchange 
described 
under 
section 
12404(b)(5) to allow for information to be electroni-
cally accessible, including information— 
‘‘(A) on ocean acidification developed 
through or used by the ocean acidification pro-
gram described under section 12406(a); or 
‘‘(B) that would be useful to State govern-
ments, local governments, Tribal governments, 
resource managers, policymakers, researchers, 
and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapt-
ing to the impacts of ocean acidification and 
coastal acidification; and
‘‘(4) establishing and maintaining the data ar-
chive system under subsection (d). 
‘‘(d) DATA ARCHIVE SYSTEM.— 
‘‘(1) MANAGEMENT.—The Secretary, in coordi-
nation with members of the interagency working 
group, shall provide for the long-term stewardship 
of, and access to, data relating to ocean acidification 
and coastal acidification by establishing and main-
taining a data archive system that the National Cen-
ter for Environmental Information uses to process, 
store, archive, provide access to, and incorporate to 
the extent possible, such data collected— 
‘‘(A) through relevant federally-funded re-
search; and 
‘‘(B) by a Federal agency, State agency, 
local agency, Tribe, academic scientist, citizen 
scientist, or industry organization. 
‘‘(2) EXISTING GLOBAL OR NATIONAL DATA AS-
SETS.—In establishing and maintaining the data ar-
chive system under paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall ensure that existing global or national data as-
sets (including the data assets maintained by the 
National Centers for Environmental Information, 
the Integrated Ocean Observing System, and other
existing data systems within Federal agencies) are 
incorporated to the greatest extent possible. 
‘‘(e) STANDARDS, PROTOCOLS, AND PROCEDURES.— 
With respect to the data described in subsection (d), the 
Secretary, in coordination with members of the inter-
agency working group, shall establish and revise as nec-
essary the standards, protocols, or procedures for— 
‘‘(1) processing, storing, archiving, and pro-
viding access to such data; 
‘‘(2) the interoperability and intercalibration of 
such data; 
‘‘(3) the collection of any metadata underlying 
such data; and 
‘‘(4) sharing such data with State, local, and 
Tribal government programs, potentially affected in-
dustry members, coastal stakeholders, fishery man-
agement councils and commissions, non-Federal re-
source managers, and academia. 
‘‘(f) DISSEMINATION
OF
OCEAN
ACIDIFICATION 
DATA AND COASTAL ACIDIFICATION DATA.—The Sec-
retary, in coordination with members of the interagency 
working group, shall disseminate the data described under 
subsection (d) to the greatest extent practicable by sharing 
such data on full and open access exchanges, including