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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 381 (Introduced in Senate) — To establish the National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Ocean Policy Committee

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Section 8932(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: The Committee shall include— a subcommittee to be known as the Ocean Science and Technology Subcommittee ; and a subcommittee to be known as the Ocean Resource Management Subcommittee . In discharging its responsibilities in support of agreed-upon scientific needs, and to assist in the execution of the responsibilities described in subsection (b), the Committee may delegate responsibilities to the Ocean Science and Technology Subcommittee, the Ocean Resource Management Subcommittee, or another subcommittee of the Committee, as the Committee determines appropriate. .
Section 8932(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (4)(F), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: establish or designate one or more systems for ocean-related documents prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), in accordance with subsection (h). . Section 8932 of such title is amended— by redesignating subsection
(h)as subsection (i); and by inserting after subsection
(g)the following new subsection (h): The systems established or designated under subsection (b)(5) shall include the following: A publicly accessible, centralized digital archive of documents described in subsection (b)(5) that are finalized after the date of the enactment of the National Ocean Exploration Act , including— environmental impact statements; environmental assessments; categorical exclusions; records of decision; and other relevant documents as determined by the Committee. Geospatially referenced data, if any, contained in the documents under paragraph (1). A mechanism to retrieve information through geo-information tools that can map and integrate relevant geospatial information, such as— Ocean Report Tools; the Environmental Studies Program Information System; Regional Ocean Partnerships; and the Integrated Ocean Observing System. .
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