To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to expand and improve the research on Ocean Acidification and Coastal Acidification, to establish and maintain a data archive system for Ocean Acidification data and Coastal Acidification data, and for other purposes.
Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 2018 or the COAST Research Act This bill helps coastal communities address coastal acidification, including by reauthorizing the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 through FY2022.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Advisory bodiesAir qualityAquatic ecologyClimate change and greenhouse gasesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntergovernmental relationsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionResearch administration and fundingWater quality
To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to expand and improve the research on Ocean Acidification and Coastal Acidification, to establish and maintain a data archive system for Ocean Acidification data and Coastal Acidification data, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-6267| House
| Updated: 6/28/2018
Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 2018 or the COAST Research Act This bill helps coastal communities address coastal acidification, including by reauthorizing the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 through FY2022.
Advisory bodiesAir qualityAquatic ecologyClimate change and greenhouse gasesEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchEnvironmental healthEnvironmental regulatory proceduresGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIntergovernmental relationsMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarine pollutionResearch administration and fundingWater quality