Sec. 10646. NOAA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES
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## SEC. 10646 NOAA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES Section 12406 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705) is amended— ####
(1)in subsection (a)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting “coordination,” after “research, monitoring,”; #####
(B)in paragraph (1)— ######
(i)in subparagraph (B), by inserting “including leveraging, as appropriate, the Integrated Ocean Observing System and the ocean observing assets of other Federal, State, and Tribal agencies,” after “ocean observing assets,”; ######
(ii)by redesignating subparagraphs (C), (D), (E), and
(F)as subparagraphs (E), (G), (H), and (I), respectively; ######
(iii)by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following new subparagraphs: > > ##### “(C) > > prioritization of the location of monitoring instruments, assets, and projects to maximize the efficiency of resources and agency and department missions; > > > ##### “(D) > > an optimization of understanding of socioeconomic impacts and ecosystem health” > . ######
(iv)in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking “adaptation” and inserting “adaptation and mitigation”; ######
(v)by inserting after subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(F) > > technical assistance to socioeconomically vulnerable States, local governments, Tribal governments, communities, and industries impacted by ocean and coastal acidification to support their development of ocean and coastal acidification mitigation strategies;” > . ######
(vi)in subparagraph (H), as so redesignated— ######
(I)by striking “its impacts” and inserting “their respective impacts”; ######
(II)by striking “and” at the end; ######
(vii)in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated— ######
(I)by striking “monitoring and impacts research” and inserting “research, monitoring, and adaptation and mitigation strategies”; and ######
(II)by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and ######
(viii)by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: > > ##### “(J) > > research to improve understanding of— > > > ###### “(i) > > the impact of ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > how multiple environmental stressors may contribute to and exacerbate ocean and coastal acidification on living marine resources and coastal ecosystems; and > > > ##### “(K) > > research to support the development of adaptation and mitigation strategies to address the socioeconomic impacts of ocean and coastal acidification on coastal communities;” > ; #####
(C)in paragraph (2), by striking “critical research projects that explore” and inserting “critical research, education, and outreach projects that explore and communicate”; and #####
(D)in paragraphs
(1)and (2), by striking “acidification” each place it appears and inserting “acidification and coastal acidification”; and ####
(2)by adding at the end the following new subsections: > > ### “(c) Relationship to Interagency Working Group > > The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall serve as the lead Federal agency responsible for coordinating the Federal response to ocean and coastal acidification. The Administration may enter into Memoranda of Understanding to— > > > #### “(1) > > coordinate monitoring and research efforts among Federal agencies in cooperation with State, local, and Tribal governments and international partners; this may include analysis and synthesis of the results of monitoring and research; > > > #### “(2) > > maintain an Ocean Acidification Information Exchange described under section 12404(b)(5) to allow for information to be electronically accessible, including information— > > > ##### “(A) > > on ocean acidification developed through or used by the ocean acidification program described under subsection (a); or > > > ##### “(B) > > that would be useful to State governments, local governments, Tribal governments, resource managers, policymakers, researchers, and other stakeholders in mitigating or adapting to the impacts of ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and > > > #### “(3) > > establishing and maintaining the data archive system under subsection (d). > > > ### “(d) Data Archive System > > > #### “(1) In general > > The Secretary, in coordination with the members of the interagency working group, shall support the long-term stewardship of, and access to, data relating to ocean and coastal acidification through providing the data on a publicly accessible data archive system. To the extent possible, this data archive system shall collect and provide access to ocean and coastal acidification data— > > > ##### “(A) > > from relevant federally funded research; > > > ##### “(B) > > provided by a Federal, State, or local government, academic scientist, citizen scientist, or industry organization; > > > ##### “(C) > > voluntarily submitted by Tribes or Tribal governments; and > > > ##### “(D) > > from existing global or national data assets that are currently maintained within Federal agencies. > > > #### “(2) Data standards > > The Secretary to, the extent possible, shall ensure all such data adheres to data and metadata standards to support the public findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability of such data.” > .
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