S 2699
116th Congress
Senate
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Advisory bodies
Air quality
Aquatic ecology
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Economic performance and conditions
Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
Executive agency funding and structure
Food industry and services
Government information and archives
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Marine pollution
Research administration and funding
Seafood
OCEAN Research Act
Introduced: October 24, 2019
Introduced by:
Markey, Edward J.
Democratic
· Massachusetts
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 24, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Oct 24, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Ocean, Coastal, and Estuarine Acidification Necessitates Research Act of 2019 or the OCEAN Research Act
This bill addresses the effects of ocean and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Ocean Acidification Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the ocean acidification grant program of the National Science Foundation. The bill expands those programs, as well as the ocean acidification activities of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to include efforts to research and monitor the effects of coastal acidification.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committees of jurisdiction
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