Digital Coast Act of 2012
Latest action · Oct 3, 2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 20, 2012
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Digital Coast Act of 2012 - Defines "Digital Coast" as a constituent-driven effort led by the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to provide an enabling platform integrating geospatial data, decision support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal and emergency management issues and enhance coastal economies and ecosystem services by helping communities with cost-effective and participatory solutions.
Directs NOAA to establish and implement the Digital Coast to: (1) collect data concerning coastal elevations, land use and cover, habitat and submerged aquatic vegetation, parcels, planimetrics, socioeconomics, and human use; and (2) integrate other data sources for the broadest measure of coastal resource management constituents and applications.
Directs NOAA to: (1) make such data and resulting products accessible via the Digital Coast and other related Internet technologies, (2) provide training on decision support tools developed under this Act, (3) document data to Federal Geographic Data Committee standards, and (4) archive the raw data at appropriate NOAA or federal data centers.
Requires coordination and data sharing with states, U.S. territories, local governments, nongovernmental entities, and other federal efforts.
Requires the establishment of NOAA Coastal Services Centers to facilitate the development of products and services addressing the needs of local, state, and regional entities involved with coastal and ocean decisionmaking and to lead development and maintenance of the Digital Coast.
Cosponsors 4
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2012 to Dec 18, 2012, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Sep 20, 2012 |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| D-AS | Eni F. H. Faleomavaega | Nov 29, 2012 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Dec 18, 2012 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2012Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
- Sep 20, 2012Introduced in House
- Sep 20, 2012Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Department of Commerce
- Earth sciences
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Intergovernmental relations
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 20, 2012Introduced in House
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