A bill to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast p...
Introduced
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Introduced 2025-07-10
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Officially: “A bill to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program.” Read the full text
Science, Technology, Communications
What it does
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Digital Coast program managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and makes other changes to the program. Through the program, NOAA administers a digital platform with data, tools, training, and other information to support coastal management needs. The bill requires NOAA to ensure that data and resulting integrated products developed under the program are fully and freely available on the program website and via other sources. Further, NOAA must support existing efforts to acquire and integrate data related to underground inf
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1Acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of Digital Coast program
This section would amend section 4 of the Digital Coast Act (16 U.S.C. 1467) in three ways. First, in subsection (b)(1), wherever that subsection currently requires data to be readily accessible, it would also have to be fully and freely available, adding that as a second requirement alongside ready accessibility. Second, in subsection (d)(3)(D), the reference to data would be expanded to state that it includes data related to underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities, making clear that this type of data falls within what that subsection covers. Third, in subsection (g), the year 2025 would be replaced with 2030; since the bill's own stated purpose is to extend the Digital Coast program, this change extends the program's authorization from 2025 to 2030.
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The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
3
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE PHOTOGRAMMETRIST SURVEYORSvia INVARIANT LLC
4 filings
NATURE CONSERVANCYvia THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
4 filings
From 8 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
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