National Coastal Resilience Data and Services Act

Bill: 117-hr-3228
Sponsor: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2021-05-13 in the House
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Environmental technology
Floods and storm protection
Geography and mapping
Government information and archives
Great Lakes
International organizations and cooperation
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Summary:
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: 

National Coastal Resilience Data and Services Act

 
This bill directs the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop within NOAA a comprehensive suite of products and services with respect to coastal flood, sea level rise, Great Lakes water level, and vertical land motion data. 
 
NOAA shall make data and metadata generated in the process of carrying out the requirements of this bill fully and openly available in accordance with the Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018 to maximize distribution, access, and effective utilization of these national assets. 
 
The Office of Science and Technology Policy shall
 
 
facilitate interagency cooperation and alignment of federal government activities conducted with respect to coastal flooding, including sea level rise, to improve the ability of the United States to prepare for, avoid, mitigate, respond to, and recover from potentially devastating impacts; and
 
coordinate the activities of an interagency coastal flooding and sea level rise subcommittee established by this bill. 
 
 
The subcommittee shall be the primary venue for the presentation and discussion of the latest science and technologies and for coordination of executive branch actions and activities that improve measurements, predictions, and service delivery of information related to coastal flood risk, including sea level rise. 

action_date: 2022-11-16
text: 

This bill addresses coastal flooding, including by directing the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to develop a comprehensive suite of products and services with respect to coastal floods, coastal land loss, sea level rise, Great Lakes water level, and vertical land motion data.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 413.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Committee on Science, Space, and Technology discharged.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-572, Part I.
action_date: 2022-11-16
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Natural Resources. H. Rept. 117-572, Part I.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2022-01-19
text: Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Discharged.
action_date: 2021-06-22
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2021-06-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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: 2021-05-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-05-13
text: Introduced in House