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