To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a National Coastal Data Information System, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-hr-8750
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]
Introduced: 2020-11-12
Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Emergency planning and evacuation

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Floods and storm protection

Geography and mapping

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Seashores and lakeshores
Latest action: action_date: 2020-11-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-11-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a National Coastal Data Information System.</p> <p>NOAA must use the system to (1) combine existing observations, modeling, predictions, products and services into an integrated framework for producing and maintaining authoritative and timely data, maps, and information services which quantify and communicate coastal flood risk to the states; (2) develop and strengthen partnerships with organizations that represent end users within coastal communities to better assess information gaps and needs relating to the risk posed by the rising sea level; and (3) produce new information products and services, targeted to end-user needs, that allow coastal communities across the United States to plan for present and future coastal flood risk.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8750 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 12, 2020 Ms. Velázquez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a National Coastal Data Information System, and for other purposes.

1. National sea level rise risk analysis (a) Purposes The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a National Coastal Data Information System to— (1) combine existing observations, modeling, predictions, products and services into an integrated framework for producing and maintaining authoritative and timely data, maps, and information services which quantify and communicate coastal flood risk to the States; (2) develop and strengthen partnerships with organizations that represent end users within coastal communities, including other Federal agencies, to better assess information gaps and needs relating to the risk posed by the rising sea level; and (3) produce new information products and services, targeted to end-user needs, that allow coastal communities across the United States to plan for present and future coastal flood risk. (b) Report The Administrator shall, not less than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter, provide the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives with a report containing holistic analysis of the need to expand observations, modeling, predictions, products, and services to— (1) improve the understanding of changing coastal flood risk, including the impacts of sea level rise; and (2) track and report how observed rates of sea level rise compare to the sea level rise predictions published within the National Climate Assessments.