To reauthorize the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009.

Bill: 113-hr-5545
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20]
Introduced: 2014-09-18
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Department of Commerce

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Executive agency funding and structure

Marine and coastal resources, fisheries

Marine pollution

National Science Foundation

Research administration and funding
Latest action: action_date: 2014-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-09-18
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Reauthorizes the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 through FY2018.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5545 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 18, 2014 Mr. Farr (for himself, Mr. Young of Alaska , and Mrs. Capps ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology A BILL To reauthorize the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009.

1. Reauthorization of Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 Section 12409 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3708) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking this subtitle and all that follows through paragraph (4) and inserting this subtitle $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018. ; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking this subtitle and all that follows through paragraph (4) and inserting this subtitle $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018. .