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H.R. 1447 117th Congress House

COAST Research Act of 2021

Official title: To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 to establish an Ocean Acidification Advisory Board, to expand and improve the rese… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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.

Introduced: April 1, 2021 Introduced by: Suzanne Bonamici Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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May 19, 2021
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
May 18, 2021
Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 403, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 144, as amended; H.R. 204, as amended; H.R. 210, as amended; H.R. 240; H.R. 707, as amended; H.R. 711, as amended; H.R. 1157, as amended; H.R. 1447, as amended; H.R. 1510, as amended; H.R. 1711, as amended; H.R. 2027; H.R. 2167, as amended; H.R. 2441; H.R. 2494; H.R. 2533; H.R. 2655, as amended; H.R. 2695, H.R. 2704; H.R. 2788; H.R. 2878, as amended; and H.R. 3008. (consideration: CR H2482-2520; text: CR H2506-2509)
May 18, 2021
Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to section 5 of H. Res. 403, and the motion offered by Mr. Hoyer, the following bills passed under suspension of the rules: H.R. 144, as amended; H.R. 204, as amended; H.R. 210, as amended; H.R. 240; H.R. 707, as amended; H.R. 711, as amended; H.R. 1157, as amended; H.R. 1447, as amended; H.R. 1510, as amended; H.R. 1711, as amended; H.R. 2027; H.R. 2167, as amended; H.R. 2441; H.R. 2494; H.R. 2533; H.R. 2655, as amended; H.R. 2695, H.R. 2704; H.R. 2788; H.R. 2878, as amended; and H.R. 3008.(consideration: CR H2482-2520; text: CR H2506-2509)
May 18, 2021
Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 403, proceedings on H.R. 1447 are considered vacated.
May 17, 2021
At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
May 17, 2021
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1447.
May 17, 2021
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2378-2385; text: CR H2378-2380)
May 17, 2021
Ms. Bonamici moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Mar 1, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Mar 1, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 19, 2021

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 2021 or the COAST Research Act of 2021

This bill addresses the effects of ocean and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2026 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 27
All 27 Democratic 17 Republican 2
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· May 14, 2021
Newman, Marie
· May 14, 2021
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 14, 2021
 R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · May 14, 2021
 D
Ross, Deborah K.
North Carolina · May 14, 2021
Sablan, Gregorio
· May 14, 2021
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · May 14, 2021
Sires, Albio
· Apr 16, 2021
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Apr 13, 2021
 D
Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Apr 1, 2021
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 1, 2021
Luria, Elaine
· Mar 19, 2021
 D
Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Mar 19, 2021
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 11, 2021
 D
Peters, Scott H.
California · Mar 11, 2021
 D
Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Mar 1, 2021
Crist, Charlie
· Mar 1, 2021
DEFAZIO, PETER
· Mar 1, 2021
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Mar 1, 2021
McNerney, Jerry
· Mar 1, 2021
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Pappas, Chris
New Hampshire · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 1, 2021
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Mar 1, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1447: COAST Research Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1447/
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"H.R. 1447: COAST Research Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1447/.
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