US Congress House Bill 2553 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-9)
Status: Introduced on May 21 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-08-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Environment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2015 This bill amends the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to conduct and update at least once every seven years an ocean acidification coastal community vulnerability assessment with a corresponding public report. The assessment must identify: (1) U.S. coastal communities that are most dependent on coastal and ocean resources that may be impacted by ocean acidification; (2) the nature of those communities' social and economic vulnerabilities; (3) impacts from changes in ocean and coastal marine resources that are not managed by the federal government; and (4) key knowledge gaps where research could be devoted to better understand the possible ocean acidification impacts, risks, threats, and possible adaptation strategies for the communities. NOAA's ocean acidification program is expanded to include an ongoing mechanism that allows affected industry members, coastal stakeholders, non-federal resource managers, and outside scientific experts not employed by the federal government to provide input on research, data, and monitoring necessary to support on-the-ground management, decision making, and adaptation related to ocean acidification and its impacts. The strategic plan for ocean acidification research and monitoring developed by the Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council must make recommendations for research to address the key knowledge gaps identified in the community vulnerability assessment report.

Coastal Communities Ocean Acidification Act of 2015

Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Peter King [R-NY]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Carlos Curbelo [R-FL]	Rep. Ander Crenshaw [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen [R-FL]	Rep. David Jolly [R-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]
Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Mark Takai [D-HI]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]
Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-08-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.
2015-05-21	House	Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
2015-05-21	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2553/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr2553/BILLS-114hr2553ih.pdf