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S. 2245 · Senate bill · 119th Congress
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Digital Coast program managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and makes other changes to the program. Through the program, NOAA administers a digital platform with data, tools, training, and other information to support coastal management needs.
The bill requires NOAA to ensure that data and resulting integrated products developed under the program are fully and freely available on the program website and via other sources. Further, NOAA must support existing efforts to acquire and integrate data related to underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities.
Finally, NOAA must limit trainings carried out under the program to technical instruction on the use of data and tools provided by the program.
Section 4 of the Digital Coast Act (16 U.S.C. 1467) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting “and fully and freely available” after “readily accessible”;
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (D), by inserting “, including data related to underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities” after “data”; and
(ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking “and”;
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(5) limit trainings to technical instruction in the use of data and tools provided under this section.”; and
(3) in subsection (g), by striking “2025” and inserting “2030”.