Sec. 761. Research on ocean agriculture
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The Secretary of Agriculture, in coordination with the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shall establish a working group (referred to in this section as the working group )— to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify the oceans; to study emerging ocean farming practices that use kelp and seagrass to deacidify the oceans while providing feedstock for agriculture and other commercial and industrial inputs; and to coordinate and conduct research to develop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp and seagrass in order— to deacidify ocean environments; to produce a feedstock for agriculture; and to develop other scalable commercial applications for kelp, seagrass, or products derived from kelp or seagrass.
The working group shall include— the Secretary of Agriculture; the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; representatives of any relevant offices within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress a report that includes— the findings of the research described in subsection (a); the results of the pilot-scale research described in subsection (a)(3); and any policy recommendations based on those findings and results.