Digital Coast Act
Latest action · Oct 18, 2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
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.
- IntroducedOct 12, 2017
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Digital Coast Act
This bill requires the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a constituent-driven Digital Coast program. (This program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.) The program must: (1) provide an online resource that integrates geospatial data, decision-support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal management issues and needs, and to enhance resilient communities, ecosystem values, and coastal economic growth and development; and (2) provide for the documentation, dissemination, and archiving of the data.
NOAA must focus on filling data needs and gaps for critical coastal management issues and support continued improvement in existing efforts to coordinate the acquisition and integration of key data sets needed for coastal management, and other purposes. NOAA may enter into financial agreements to carry out the program. NOAA may enter into contracts with private sector entities as may be necessary to collect, process, and provide remote sensing and other geospatial data and products.
Additionally, NOAA may establish public tools that are capable of tracking ocean and Great Lakes economy data for each coastal state.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 12, 2017 to Feb 14, 2018, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Original | Oct 12, 2017 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | Oct 12, 2017 |
| D-CT | Elizabeth H. Esty | Original | Oct 12, 2017 |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Oct 25, 2017 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Oct 31, 2017 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jan 11, 2018 | |
| R-FL | Carlos Curbelo | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Jan 18, 2018 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 2, 2018 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 18, 2017Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Power and Oceans.
- Oct 12, 2017Introduced in House
- Oct 12, 2017Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 110 | Digital Coast Act | Identical bill | May 26, 2017 |
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
- Geography and mapping
- 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.
- Oct 12, 2017Introduced in House
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