119-hr2294

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2294 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2294

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act 
 of 2009.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 24, 2025

Mr. Ezell (for himself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Dingell, 
 Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Davis of Illinois) introduced the following 
bill; which was 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

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 A BILL

To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act 
 of 2009.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION 
 SYSTEM ACT OF 2009.

 The Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 
U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``Council'' each place it appears and 
 inserting ``Committee'';

    (2) in 

section 12303 (33 U.S.C. 3602)--
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) --
            (i) in the heading, by striking ``Council'' 
 and inserting ``Committee''; and
            (ii) by striking ``National Ocean Research 
 Leadership Council'' and inserting ``Ocean 
 Policy Committee''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (6) , by inserting ``conduct 
 operational oceanography measurements and'' after ``in 
 order to'';

    (3) in 

section 12304 (33 U.S.C. 3603)--
        (A) by inserting ``and ocean'' after ``weather'' 
 each place it appears; and
        (B) in subsection
            (c) --
            (i) in the heading of paragraph

    (1) , by 
 striking ``Council'' and inserting 
 ``Committee''; and
            (ii) in paragraph

    (2)
        (B) --
            (I) by redesignating clauses
            (vi) through
            (x) as clauses
            (vii) through
            (xi) , respectively; and
            (II) by inserting after clause
            (v) the following:
 ``
            (vi) develop requirements and processes 
 for regional offices and federally funded 
 projects of the agencies of the Interagency 
 Ocean Observation Committee to collaborate with 
 the regional coastal observing systems for data 
 sharing at regional levels;''; and

    (4) in 

section 12311 (33 U.S.C. 3610)--
        (A) in paragraph

    (4) , by striking ``and'' at the 
 end;
        (B) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking the period at the 
 end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (C) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (6) $56,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 
 2030.''.
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