119-hr4482

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4482 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4482

 To impose a moratorium on closing, suspending, terminating leases of, 
 ceasing construction of, consolidating, or otherwise imposing any new 
 limitation on access to facilities of the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 17, 2025

Mr. Amo (for himself, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Davis of Illinois, 
 Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Mullin, Ms. 
 Brownley, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Ansari, Mr. Smith of Washington, Ms. 
 Stevens, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. 
 Simon, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Norton, Ms. 
Plaskett, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Neguse, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Tokuda, Mrs. Sykes, 
 Mr. Panetta, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. 
Jacobs, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Keating, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Cleaver, 
Mr. Garamendi, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Ross, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
 Mr. Stanton, Mr. Fields, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Correa, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. 
 Beyer, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Subramanyam, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. 
Ivey, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Tonko, Mrs. Fletcher, Ms. Titus, Mr. Takano, Mr. 
 Case, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Schrier, Ms. 
 McBride, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Frost, and Mr. Cohen) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and 
 Technology, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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 impose a moratorium on closing, suspending, terminating leases of, 
 ceasing construction of, consolidating, or otherwise imposing any new 
 limitation on access to facilities of the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Stop NOAA Closures Act''.

SEC. 2. MORATORIUM WITH RESPECT TO FACILITIES OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC 
 AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

    (a) Moratorium.--

    (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraphs

    (2) and

    (3) , the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the 
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the 
 Administrator of General Services, as the case may be, may not 
 close, suspend, terminate a lease of, cease construction of, 
 consolidate, or otherwise impose any new limitation on access 
 to a facility of the Administration.

    (2) Exception for emergencies.--Paragraph

    (1) shall not 
 apply with respect to any temporary action by the Secretary of 
 Commerce, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration, or the Administrator of General 
 Services, as the case may be, to close, suspend, terminate a 
 lease of, cease construction of, consolidate, or otherwise 
 limit access to a facility of the Administration in response to 
 an emergency that poses an immediate threat to the health or 
 safety of personnel of the Administration.

    (3) Cessation upon report to congress.--Paragraph

    (1) shall 
 cease to be effective on the date that is 180 days after the 
 report described in paragraph

    (4) is submitted.

    (4) Report.--Not earlier than January 21, 2029, the 
 Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of the National 
 Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the Administrator 
 of General Services shall jointly submit to the Committee on 
 Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Natural 
 Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate a report 
 outlining and justifying the process for selecting any facility 
 of the Administration for closure, suspension, termination of a 
 lease, cessation of construction, consolidation, or other 
 limitation on access to such a facility. Such report shall 
 include information relating to the following:
        (A) An analysis of the criteria used for such 
 selection.
        (B) A description of any method of cost-benefit 
 analysis applied in connection with such closure, 
 suspension, termination of lease, cessation of 
 construction, consolidation, or other limitation, 
 including any analysis that takes into account the 
 following:
            (i) The anticipated savings resulting from 
 such closure, suspension, termination of lease, 
 cessation of construction, consolidation, or 
 other limitation.
            (ii) The anticipated costs associated with 
 replacing services lost as a result of such 
 closure, suspension, termination of lease, 
 cessation of construction, consolidation, or 
 other limitation.
            (iii) The anticipated impact on services of 
 the Administration.
            (iv) Such other relevant factors as the 
 Secretary, the Administrator of the 
 Administration, and the Administrator of 
 General Services may determine.

    (b) Future Closures, Suspensions, Terminations of Leases, 
Cessations of Construction, Consolidations, and Other Limitations on 
Access.--

    (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph

    (3) , the Secretary of 
 Commerce, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration, or the Administrator of General 
 Services, as the case may be, may not close, suspend, terminate 
 a lease of, cease construction of, consolidate, or otherwise 
 impose any new limitation on access to a facility of the 
 Administration unless the requirement of paragraph

    (2) is 
 satisfied.

    (2) Requirement.--The requirement of this paragraph is that 
 not later than 30 days before a closure, suspension, 
 termination of lease, cessation of construction, consolidation, 
 or other limitation with respect to a facility referred to in 
 paragraph

    (1) , the Secretary of Commerce, the Administrator of 
 the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the 
 Administrator of General Services jointly submit to the 
 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee 
 on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the 
 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
 Senate a report outlining and justifying the process for 
 selecting such facility for such closure, suspension, 
 termination of lease, cessation of construction, consolidation, 
 or other limitation. Such report shall include information in 
 accordance with subparagraphs
        (A) and
        (B) of subsection

    (a)

    (4) .

    (3) Exception for emergencies.--Paragraph

    (1) shall not 
 apply with respect to any temporary action by the Secretary of 
 Commerce, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
 Atmospheric Administration, or the Administrator of General 
 Services, as the case may be, to close, suspend, terminate a 
 lease of, cease construction of, consolidate, or otherwise 
 limit access to a facility of the Administration in response to 
 an emergency that poses an immediate threat to the health or 
 safety of personnel of the Administration.
            (c) Effective Date.--Subsection

    (b) shall apply with respect to a 
closure, suspension, termination of lease, cessation of construction, 
consolidation, or other limitation referred to in paragraph

    (1) of such 
subsection occurring after the cessation of the moratorium under 
subsection

    (a) .
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