116 S914 IS: Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2019 U.S. Senate 2019-03-27 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II 116th CONGRESS1st Session S. 914 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 27, 2019 Mr. Wicker (for himself and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, to clarify the authority of the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration with respect to post-storm assessments, and to require the establishment of a National Water Center, and for other purposes.

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This Act may be cited as the Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2019. (b)

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The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Reauthorization of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 Sec. 101. Purposes. Sec. 102. Definitions. Sec. 103. Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System. Sec. 104. Financing and agreements. Sec. 105. Reports to Congress. Sec. 106. Public-private use policy. Sec. 107. Repeal of independent cost estimate. Sec. 108. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 109. Reports and research plans. Sec. 110. Strategic research plan. Sec. 111. Stakeholder input on monitoring. Sec. 112. Research activities. TITLE II—Named Storm Event Model and post-storm assessments Sec. 201. Named Storm Event Model and post-storm assessments. TITLE III—Water prediction and forecasting Sec. 301. Water prediction and forecasting.