[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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