AN ACTTo 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.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. [33 U.S.C. 3601 note] SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.—This Act may be cited as the “Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020”. (b) Table of Contents.—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.