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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019 or the NEAR Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Commerce to arrange with the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies for the board to conduct a study that: </p> <ul> <li>examines the existing science of ocean acidification in estuarine environments, </li> <li>examines the challenges to studying ocean acidification and acidification's interactions with other environment stressors in estuarine environments, </li> <li>provides recommendations for improving future research with respect to ocean acidification in estuarine environments, and </li> <li>identifies pathways for applying science in management and mitigation decisions related to ocean acidification in those environments. </li> </ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019 or the NEAR Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Commerce to arrange with the Ocean Studies Board of the National Academies for the board to conduct a study that: </p> <ul> <li>examines the existing science of ocean acidification in estuarine environments, </li> <li>examines the challenges to studying ocean acidification and acidification's interactions with other environment stressors in estuarine environments, </li> <li>provides recommendations for improving future research with respect to ocean acidification in estuarine environments, and </li> <li>identifies pathways for applying science in management and mitigation decisions related to ocean acidification in those environments. </li> </ul>]]></text>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>National Estuaries and Acidification Research Act of 2019 or the NEAR Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Commerce to arrange for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to conduct a study that:</p> <ul> <li>examines the existing science of ocean acidification in estuarine environments, </li> <li>examines the challenges to studying ocean acidification and acidification's interactions with other environment stressors in estuarine environments, </li> <li>provides recommendations for improving future research with respect to ocean acidification in estuarine environments, and </li> <li>identifies pathways for applying science in management and mitigation decisions related to ocean acidification in those environments. </li> </ul>]]></text>
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