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This bill — the Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats (COAST) Research Act — would reauthorize Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act funding for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), for which funding lapsed in 2012, through 2023.

Additionally, this bill would:

Expand the definition of ocean acidification to include estuaries and include a definition of coastal acidification to recognize mechanisms that cause changes in coastal chemistry;
Expand the Interagency Working Group on Ocean Acidification’s strategic research plan to also address ocean and coastal acidification’s socioeconomic impacts and assess adaptation and mitigation strategies;
Establish a 21-member Advisory Board to advise the Interagency Working Group on ocean acidification and coastal acidification research and monitoring activities; and
Direct the NOAA to establish a data archive system that processes, stores, archives and provides access to ocean and coastal acidification research data from federally-funded research and research from state and local agencies, tribes, academic scientists, citizen scientists and industry organizations. This system would incorporate existing global or national data assets, including the National Centers for Environmental Information and the Integrated Ocean Observing System.

The 21-member Advisory Board would include representatives from the shellfish and crab industry, finfish industry, seafood processors, recreational fishing, academia, nongovernmental organizations, state, local, and tribal governments and regional coastal acidification networks.

","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.","short_title":"COAST Research Act of 2019","popular_title":null,"short_summary":"Coastal and Ocean Acidification Stressors and Threats Research Act of 2019 or the COAST Research Act of 2019 This bill addresses the effects of ocean and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems. Specifically, the bill reauthorizes through FY2024 and revises the Ocean Acidification Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the ocean acidification grant program of the National Science Foundation. 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Should the Feds Resume Funding for Interagency Collaboration to Address Ocean Acidification?