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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
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117TH CONGRESS [REPT. 117-572
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
TO DIRECT THE SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, ACTING THROUGH THE AD-
MINISTRATOR OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN-
ISTRATION, TO IMPROVE SCIENCE, DATA, AND SERVICES THAT ENABLE
SOUND DECISION MAKING IN RESPONSE TO COASTAL FLOOD RISK, IN-
CLUDING IMPACTS OF SEA LEVEL RISE, STORM EVENTS, CHANGING
GREAT LAKES WATER LEVELS, AND LAND SUBSIDENCE
NOVEMBER 16, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3228]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 3228) to direct the Secretary of Commerce, acting
through the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration, to improve science, data, and services that
enable sound decision making in response to coastal flood risk, in-
cluding impacts of sea level rise, storm events, changing Great
Lakes water levels, and land subsidence, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.-The Administrator shall, in consultation with other Federal
agencies, develop within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration a
comprehensive suite of coastal flood and coastal land loss, sea level rise, Great
Lakes bathymetry water level, and vertical land motion data, products, and services,
and conduct the research and development necessary to support those products and
services that-
(1) augment existing capacities and combine existing observations, modeling,
predictions, products and services into a coordinated decision-support frame-
work;
(2) produce and maintain authoritative and timely data, maps, and informa-
tion services, including improving existing and new information products and
services targeted to end-user needs, that allow coastal communities across the
United States to plan for present and future coastal flood and coastal land loss
risk; and
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