[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 4 (Monday, January 8, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S68]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1869. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Wicker) proposed an amendment to the 
bill S. 1425, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
Observation System Act of 2009, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 58, strike lines 1 through 4 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of 
     Commerce $40,200,000, for each of the fiscal years 2018 
     through 2021, which shall be used--
       (1) to fulfill the purposes set forth in section 12302 of 
     the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 
     2009 (33 U.S.C. 3601); and
       (2) to support activities identified in the annual 
     coordinated National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation 
     System budget developed by the Interagency Ocean Observation 
     Committee and submitted to Congress.

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