115th Congress
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2017
Purpose
To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, and for other purposes.
Summary of Selected Provisions
Provisions in both bills
- Authorizes the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to stagger the terms of members of the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee
Provisions in the House bill
- Reauthorizes the Integrated Ocean Observation System (IOOS) through fiscal year 2022 and authorizes an annual funding level of $36 million
Provisions in the Senate bill
- Reauthorizes IOOS through fiscal year 2021 and authorizes an annual funding level of $40 million
- Directs IOOS to implement a process by which observations are transformed into more easily used information products
- Requires submission to Congress of an Ocean Chemistry Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment every five years
Primary Sponsors
Co-sponsors by Party
R
3
D
14
I
0
Actions
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12/28/2018Advanced by House Science, Space, and Technology Committee
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09/27/2018Advanced by House Natural Resources Committee
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01/03/2017Introduced in House