Sec. 770. ### (a)

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## Sec. 770 ###

(a)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”)— ####

(1)to study how mangroves, kelp forests, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows could help deacidify the oceans; ####

(2)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 ####

(3)to coordinate and conduct research to develop and enhance pilot-scale research for farming of kelp and seagrass in order— #####

(A)to deacidify ocean environments; #####

(B)to produce a feedstock for agriculture; and #####

(C)to develop other scalable commercial applications for kelp, seagrass, or products derived from kelp or seagrass. ###

(b)The working group shall include— ####

(1)the Secretary of Agriculture; ####

(2)the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; ####

(3)representatives of any relevant offices within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and ####

(4)the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. ###

(c)Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the working group shall submit to Congress a report that includes— ####

(1)the findings of the research described in subsection (a); ####

(2)the results of the pilot-scale research described in subsection (a)(3); and ####

(3)any policy recommendations based on those findings and results.