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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 1391
5	5	To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act
6	6	of 2009 to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Admin-
7	7	istrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to
8	8	collaborate with State and local governments and Indian Tribes on vul-
9	9	nerability assessments related to ocean acidification, research planning,
10	10	and similar activities, and for other purposes.
11	11	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
12	12	APRIL9, 2025
13	13	Ms. M
14	14	URKOWSKI(for herself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. SULLIVAN, Ms. WAR-
15	15	REN, Mr. KING, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. PETERS) introduced the fol-
16	16	lowing bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Com-
17	17	merce, Science, and Transportation
18	18	A BILL
19	19	To amend the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And
20	20	Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the Secretary of Com-
21	21	merce, acting through the Administrator of the National
22	22	Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to collaborate
23	23	with State and local governments and Indian Tribes on
24	24	vulnerability assessments related to ocean acidification,
25	25	research planning, and similar activities, and for other
26	26	purposes.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
28	28	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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32	32	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
33	33	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coastal Communities 2
34	34	Ocean Acidification Act of 2025’’. 3
35	35	SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 4
36	36	Section 12403 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re-5
37	37	search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3702) is 6
38	38	amended— 7
39	39	(1) by striking paragraph (4); 8
40	40	(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and 9
41	41	(5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) respectively; 10
42	42	(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-11
43	43	lowing: 12
44	44	‘‘(2) I
45	45	NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 13
46	46	has the meaning given that term in section 4 of the 14
47	47	Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 15
48	48	Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). 16
49	49	‘‘(3) N
50	50	ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATION .—The 17
51	51	term ‘Native Hawaiian organization’ has the mean-18
52	52	ing given that term in section 3 of the NATIVE Act 19
53	53	(25 U.S.C. 4352).’’; 20
54	54	(4) in paragraph (4), as redesignated by para-21
55	55	graph (2), by inserting ‘‘an increase of’’ before ‘‘car-22
56	56	bon dioxide’’; and 23
57	57	(5) by adding at the end the following: 24
58	58	‘‘(7) S
59	59	UBCOMMITTEE.—The term ‘Sub-25
60	60	committee’ means the National Science and Tech-26
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64	64	nology Council Subcommittee on Ocean Science and 1
65	65	Technology. 2
66	66	‘‘(8) U
67	67	NITED STATES.—The term ‘United 3
68	68	States’ means the States, collectively.’’. 4
69	69	SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF COLLABORATION ON OCEAN 5
70	70	ACIDIFICATION. 6
71	71	(a) O
72	72	NGOING INPUT MECHANISM.—Section 7
73	73	12404(c)(2) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research 8
74	74	And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)(2)) is 9
75	75	amended— 10
76	76	(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 11
77	77	and inserting a semicolon; 12
78	78	(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period 13
79	79	at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14
80	80	(3) by adding at the end the following: 15
81	81	‘‘(D) maintain or establish an ongoing 16
82	82	mechanism (such as a liaison or other contact 17
83	83	of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-18
84	84	ministration, standing meetings, or an online 19
85	85	platform) to engage affected industry members, 20
86	86	coastal stakeholders, community acidification 21
87	87	networks, fishery management councils and 22
88	88	commissions, Indigenous knowledge groups, 23
89	89	non-Federal resource managers, and scientific 24
90	90	experts not employed by the Federal Govern-25
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94	94	ment to provide input on research, data, and 1
95	95	monitoring that is necessary to support on-the- 2
96	96	ground management, decision making, and ad-3
97	97	aptation related to ocean acidification and 4
98	98	coastal acidification and the impacts of ocean 5
99	99	acidification and coastal acidification.’’. 6
100	100	(b) A
101	101	DVISORYBOARDMEMBERSHIP.—Section 7
102	102	12404(c)(3) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research 8
103	103	And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)(3)) is 9
104	104	amended— 10
105	105	(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) 11
106	106	through (Q) as subparagraphs (H) through (R), re-12
107	107	spectively; 13
108	108	(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-14
109	109	lowing: 15
110	110	‘‘(G) Two representatives from Indian 16
111	111	Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, Tribal 17
112	112	organizations, and Tribal consortia affected by 18
113	113	ocean acidification and coastal acidification.’’; 19
114	114	and 20
115	115	(3) in subparagraph (H), as redesignated by 21
116	116	paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Six’’ and inserting 22
117	117	‘‘Four’’. 23
118	118	(c) A
119	119	PPOINTMENT OF ADVISORYBOARDMEM-24
120	120	BERS.—Section 12404(c)(4)(C) of the Federal Ocean 25
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124	124	Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 1
125	125	U.S.C. 3703(c)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘State and 2
126	126	local’’ and inserting ‘‘State, local, and Indigenous’’. 3
127	127	(d) E
128	128	NGAGEMENT AND COORDINATIONWITHINDIAN 4
129	129	T
130	130	RIBES.—Paragraph (9) of section 12404(c) of the Fed-5
131	131	eral Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 6
132	132	2009 (33 U.S.C. 3703(c)) is amended to read as follows: 7
133	133	‘‘(9) E
134	134	NGAGEMENT AND COORDINATION WITH 8
135	135	INDIAN TRIBES.— 9
136	136	‘‘(A) P
137	137	OLICY REQUIRED.—Not later than 10
138	138	one year after the date on which the Advisory 11
139	139	Board is established, the Advisory Board shall 12
140	140	develop and commence maintaining a policy for 13
141	141	engagement and coordination with Indian 14
142	142	Tribes affected by ocean acidification and coast-15
143	143	al acidification. 16
144	144	‘‘(B) C
145	145	ONSULTATION.—In developing the 17
146	146	policy under subparagraph (A), the Advisory 18
147	147	Board shall consult with Indian Tribes affected 19
148	148	by ocean acidification and coastal acidifica-20
149	149	tion.’’. 21
150	150	(e) C
151	151	OLLABORATION ON VULNERABILITYASSESS-22
152	152	MENTS, RESEARCHPLANNING, ANDSIMILARACTIVI-23
153	153	TIES.—Section 12404(e)(4)(A) of the Federal Ocean 24
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157	157	Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 1
158	158	U.S.C. 3703(e)(4)(A)) is amended— 2
159	159	(1) by redesignating clauses (ix) and (x) as 3
160	160	clauses (x) and (xi), respectively; and 4
161	161	(2) by inserting after clause (viii) the following: 5
162	162	‘‘(ix) identifies the efforts of the Sec-6
163	163	retary to collaborate with State and local 7
164	164	governments, Indian Tribes, and Native 8
165	165	Hawaiian organizations on community vul-9
166	166	nerability assessments, research planning, 10
167	167	and similar activities, pursuant to section 11
168	168	12406(e);’’. 12
169	169	(f) C
170	170	ONTENTS OF STRATEGICRESEARCHPLAN.— 13
171	171	Section 12405(b) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Re-14
172	172	search And Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3704(b)) 15
173	173	is amended— 16
174	174	(1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘section 17
175	175	12404(c)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 12404(e)(4)’’; 18
176	176	and 19
177	177	(2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘potentially 20
178	178	affected industry members, coastal stakeholders, 21
179	179	fishery management councils and commissions, Trib-22
180	180	al governments, non-Federal resource managers, and 23
181	181	scientific experts’’ and inserting ‘‘affected industry 24
182	182	members, coastal stakeholders, community acidifica-25
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186	186	tion networks, fishery management councils and 1
187	187	commissions, Indigenous knowledge groups, non- 2
188	188	Federal resource managers, and scientific experts 3
189	189	not employed by the Federal Government’’. 4
190	190	(g) I
191	191	MPROVINGCOLLABORATION ON NOAA OCEAN 5
192	192	A
193	193	CIDIFICATIONACTIVITIES.—Section 12406 of the Fed-6
194	194	eral Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 7
195	195	2009 (33 U.S.C. 3705) is amended— 8
196	196	(1) in subsection (a)— 9
197	197	(A) in paragraph (1)— 10
198	198	(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 11
199	199	‘‘maximize’’ and inserting ‘‘take into con-12
200	200	sideration’’; 13
201	201	(ii) in subparagraph (D), by adding a 14
202	202	semicolon at the end; and 15
203	203	(iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking 16
204	204	‘‘Tribal governments’’ and inserting ‘‘In-17
205	205	dian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organiza-18
206	206	tions’’; and 19
207	207	(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘industry 20
208	208	members, coastal stakeholders, fishery manage-21
209	209	ment councils and commissions, non-Federal re-22
210	210	source managers, community acidification net-23
211	211	works, indigenous knowledge groups, and sci-24
212	212	entific experts’’ and inserting ‘‘affected industry 25
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216	216	members, coastal stakeholders, community 1
217	217	acidification networks, fishery management 2
218	218	councils and commissions, Indigenous knowl-3
219	219	edge groups, non-Federal resource managers, 4
220	220	and scientific experts not employed by the Fed-5
221	221	eral Government’’; 6
222	222	(2) in subsection (c)— 7
223	223	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘State, 8
224	224	local, and Tribal governments’’ and inserting 9
225	225	‘‘State and local governments, Indian Tribes,’’; 10
226	226	and 11
227	227	(B) in paragraph (2)— 12
228	228	(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 13
229	229	or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 14
230	230	(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 15
231	231	(B) as subparagraph (C); 16
232	232	(iii) by inserting after subparagraph 17
233	233	(A) the following: 18
234	234	‘‘(B) on ocean acidification and coastal 19
235	235	acidification research, data, and monitoring 20
236	236	from affected industry members, coastal stake-21
237	237	holders, community acidification networks, fish-22
238	238	ery management councils and commissions, In-23
239	239	digenous knowledge groups, non-Federal re-24
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243	243	source managers, and scientific experts not em-1
244	244	ployed by the Federal Government; or’’; and 2
245	245	(iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesig-3
246	246	nated by clause (ii), by striking ‘‘State 4
247	247	governments, local governments, Tribal 5
248	248	governments’’ and inserting ‘‘State and 6
249	249	local governments, Indian Tribes’’; 7
250	250	(3) in subsection (d)(1)(C), by striking ‘‘Tribes 8
251	251	or Tribal governments’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian 9
252	252	Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, Tribal orga-10
253	253	nizations, and Tribal consortia’’; and 11
254	254	(4) by adding at the end the following: 12
255	255	‘‘(e) B
256	256	ETTERCOLLABORATION ON VULNERABILITY 13
257	257	A
258	258	SSESSMENTS, RESEARCHPLANNING, ANDSIMILARAC-14
259	259	TIVITIES.— 15
260	260	‘‘(1) I
261	261	N GENERAL.—In carrying out the pro-16
262	262	gram under subsection (a), and in support of vulner-17
263	263	ability assessments transmitted under section 18
264	264	12404(e)(4) and recommendations included in the 19
265	265	strategic research plan described in section 20
266	266	12405(b)(10), the Secretary shall build upon exist-21
267	267	ing activities and collaborate with State and local 22
268	268	governments and Indian Tribes that are conducting 23
269	269	or have completed vulnerability assessments, re-24
270	270	search planning, climate action plans, or other simi-25
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274	274	lar activities related to ocean acidification and coast-1
275	275	al acidification and the impacts of ocean acidifica-2
276	276	tion and coastal acidification on coastal commu-3
277	277	nities, for the purpose of— 4
278	278	‘‘(A) supporting collaborative interagency 5
279	279	relationships and information sharing at the 6
280	280	State, local, and Tribal levels; and 7
281	281	‘‘(B) assisting State and local governments 8
282	282	and Indian Tribes in— 9
283	283	‘‘(i) improving existing systems and 10
284	284	programs to better address ocean acidifica-11
285	285	tion and coastal acidification; and 12
286	286	‘‘(ii) identifying whether such activi-13
287	287	ties can be used as a model for other com-14
288	288	munities. 15
289	289	‘‘(2) N
290	290	ATIVE HAWAIIAN ORGANIZATIONS , TRIB-16
291	291	AL ORGANIZATIONS, AND TRIBAL CONSORTIA .—In 17
292	292	carrying out the program under subsection (a), and 18
293	293	in support of vulnerability assessments transmitted 19
294	294	under section 12404(e)(4) and recommendations in-20
295	295	cluded in the strategic research plan described in 21
296	296	section 12405(b)(10), the Secretary may build upon 22
297	297	existing activities and collaborate with Native Ha-23
298	298	waiian organizations, Tribal organizations, and Trib-24
299	299	al consortia that are conducting or have completed 25
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304	304	action plans, or other similar activities related to 2
305	305	ocean acidification and coastal acidification and the 3
306	306	impacts of ocean acidification and coastal acidifica-4
307	307	tion on coastal communities. 5
308	308	‘‘(3) P
309	309	RIORITY.—In carrying out paragraphs 6
310	310	(1) and (2), the Secretary shall prioritize under-7
311	311	served populations and entities in the use of re-8
312	312	sources of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 9
313	313	Administration.’’. 10
314	314	SEC. 4. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 11
315	315	The Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Moni-12
316	316	toring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3701 et seq.) is amended— 13
317	317	(1) in section 12402 (33 U.S.C. 3701)— 14
318	318	(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘develop-15
319	319	ment coordination and implementation’’ and in-16
320	320	serting ‘‘development, coordination, and imple-17
321	321	mentation’’; and 18
322	322	(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘research 19
323	323	adaptation strategies and mitigating the im-20
324	324	pacts’’ and inserting ‘‘research on adaptation 21
325	325	strategies and mitigation of the impacts’’; 22
326	326	(2) in section 12404 (33 U.S.C. 3703)— 23
327	327	(A) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘; 24
328	328	and’’ and inserting a period; 25
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332	332	(B) in subsection (c)(2)(A)— 1
333	333	(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘sub-2
334	334	section (d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 3
335	335	(e)(2)’’; and 4
336	336	(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘sub-5
337	337	section (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 6
338	338	(e)(3)’’; 7
339	339	(C) in subsection (d)(3), by striking ‘‘this 8
340	340	section’’ and inserting ‘‘this subsection’’; and 9
341	341	(D) in subsection (e)— 10
342	342	(i) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 11
343	343	‘‘interagency’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; and 12
344	344	(ii) in paragraph (3), by striking 13
345	345	‘‘years until 2031 thereafter’’ and inserting 14
346	346	‘‘years thereafter until 2031’’; and 15
347	347	(3) in section 12406(d)(2) (33 U.S.C. 16
348	348	3705(d)(2)), by striking ‘‘The Secretary to,’’ and in-17
349	349	serting ‘‘The Secretary, to’’. 18
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