S 1069 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Digital Coast Act

Introduced Apr 9, 2019 Originated Senate Became Public Law 116-223 Sponsor Tammy Baldwin D-WI

Latest action · Dec 18, 2020 Became Public Law No: 116-223.

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.

IntroducedApr 9, 2019
Passed SenateSep 30, 2020
Passed HouseNov 16, 2020
To the PresidentDec 8, 2020
Became lawDec 18, 2020Public Law 116-223

Summary

Version

Digital Coast Act

This bill provides statutory authority for and revises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) Digital Coast program. (The program currently exists under NOAA to provide data, tools, and training that communities use to manage their coastal resources.)

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.

NOAA may enter into financial agreements and collect fees to carry out the program.

Additionally, NOAA may establish publicly available tools that track ocean and Great Lakes economy data for each coastal state.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2019 to Nov 18, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-AK	Dan Sullivan	Original	Apr 9, 2019
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski	Original	Apr 9, 2019
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Apr 9, 2019
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar		Nov 18, 2020

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee	Referred Apr 9, 2019Markup Nov 13, 2019Reported Jun 18, 2020

Actions 21

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 18, 2020Signed by President.
Dec 18, 2020Became Public Law No: 116-223.
Dec 8, 2020Presented to President.
Dec 3, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Dec 2, 2020Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7188)

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In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Senate	Debate and remarks S7188Motions S7188	James M. Inhofe R-OK (motion)	Dec 2, 2020
House	Debate and remarks H5739–H5741Text printed H5739	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger D-MD, Jared Huffman D-CA, Jenniffer González-Colón R-PR, Rob Bishop R-UT	Nov 16, 2020
Senate	Debate and remarks S6000, S6003, S6004Text printed S6003	Rob Portman R-OH	Sep 30, 2020

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

S. Rept. 116-234

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

Nov 18, 2019S. 1069, Digital Coast ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on November 13, 2019

CRS reports 2

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 2

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R47623	Frequently Asked Questions: Mapping of U.S. Ocean and Coastal Waters	Report	Jul 29, 2025
R46492	Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2020 Appropriations Archived	Report	Aug 20, 2020

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 110	Digital Coast Act	Reintroduction of	May 26, 2017
HR 729	Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act	Related bill	Dec 12, 2019
HR 2189	Digital Coast Act	Identical bill	Nov 26, 2019

Titles 8

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program to provide a digital information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision-support tools, training, and best practices and to support collection of priority coastal geospatial data to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Passed House: Digital Coast Act
Other Short Titles: Digital Coast Act
Short Title(s) as Introduced: Digital Coast Act
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate: Digital Coast Act
Short Title(s) as Passed Senate: Digital Coast Act
Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text: Digital Coast Act
Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment House bill text: Digital Coast Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.

Text 5

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

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