[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]

  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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