To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009. in plain language
1: Reauthorization of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009
This section would change the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3601 and following) in four ways. First, it would replace the word "Council" with "Committee" everywhere that word appears in the Act. It would also make two further, separate edits within section 12303, paragraph (2): in the heading of that paragraph, it would swap the single word "Council" for "Committee" (a one-word change, not a full rename), and, separately, in the body text of that paragraph, it would replace the full name "National Ocean Research Leadership Council" with "Ocean Policy Committee." Second, in section 12303, paragraph (6) would gain a new listed purpose, "conduct operational oceanography measurements and," inserted right after the words "in order to." Third, in section 12304, every place the word "weather" appears, the words "and ocean" would be added immediately after it, so those provisions would cover weather and ocean matters instead of just weather. Also in section 12304, subsection (c): the heading of paragraph (1) would change from "Council" to "Committee" to match the renaming above, and paragraph (2)(B)'s list of duties would gain a new item requiring that requirements and processes be developed so that regional offices and federally funded projects run by the agencies of the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee collaborate with regional coastal observing systems on data sharing at the regional level; the existing items (vi) through (x) in that list would be renumbered (vii) through (xi) to make room for the new item. Fourth, in section 12311, the list of authorized funding amounts would gain a new entry of $56,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030, added as a new paragraph (6) at the end of the list; the punctuation at the end of paragraphs (4) and (5) would be adjusted (removing "and" from paragraph (4) and changing paragraph (5)'s ending period to "; and") so the list reads correctly with the new paragraph added.
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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. .