US Congress House Bill 367 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-02-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 - Directs the President to establish a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System to: (1) support national defense, marine commerce, navigation safety, weather, climate, and marine forecasting, energy siting and production, economic development, ecosystem-based marine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource management, public safety and public outreach training and education; (2) promote awareness of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources; (3) promote basic and applied scientific research; and (4) improve the ability to measure, track, explain, and predict weather and climate change and natural climate variability. Requires the National Ocean Research Leadership Council to serve as the System's policy and coordination oversight body. Requires the Council to establish or designate an Interagency Ocean Observation Committee to prepare annual and long-term plans and to take other actions. Makes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) the System's lead federal agency. Sets forth the requirements for a regional information coordination entity to be certified or established. Requires the Administrator to establish or designate a System Advisory Committee. Requires the Council to develop a policy that defines processes for making decisions about the roles of the federal government, states, regional information coordination entities, the academic community, and the private sector in providing to end-user communities environmental information, products, technologies, and services related to the System.

Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009

Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Donna Christensen [D-VI]
Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Jay Inslee [D-WA]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-02-04		Referred to the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
2009-01-09		Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment.
2009-01-09		Referred to House Science and Technology
2009-01-09		Referred to House Natural Resources
2009-01-09		Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science 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.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/367/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr367/BILLS-111hr367ih.pdf