Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act

Bill: 114-s-1886
Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS]
Introduced: 2015-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Advisory bodies
Atmospheric science and weather
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine and inland water transportation
Marine pollution
Transportation safety and security

Summary:
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: 

Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act

 
 This bill revises and reauthorizes through FY2019 the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.
 
The Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) is a network of federal and regional entities that provide information about the nation's coasts and oceans, as well as the Great Lakes.
 
 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) must: (1) serve as the lead federal agency for the implementation of the IOOS, and (2) establish an IOOS Program Office to oversee daily operations and coordination of the IOOS. The bill outlines the requirements for NOAA as the lead agency.
 
 The bill establishes a process for regional associations to certify their regional coastal observing systems.
 
 The Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council must: (1) conduct an Ocean Chemistry Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment on ocean acidification within a year and every five years thereafter; and (2) develop a plan to deploy ocean acidification sensors prioritized by the threat to coastal economies and ecosystems, gaps in data on ocean acidification, and research needs.
 
 The National Science Foundation's research on ocean acidification must include research on: (1) impacts of multiple stressors on ecosystems exhibiting hypoxia (a dead zone that is depleted of oxygen), harmful algal blooms (rapid accumulation of algae), or sediment delivery; and (2) the effects of those impacts combined with changes in ocean chemistry.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2016-09-28
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2016-09-27
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S6086-6088)
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S6086-6088)
action_date: 2016-09-26
text: The committee substitute agreed to by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6085-6088)
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 636.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-354.
action_date: 2016-09-20
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 114-354.
action_date: 2015-12-09
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2015-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate