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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-48
COASTAL COMMUNITIES OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACT
OF 2023
MAY 5, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. LUCAS, from the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 676]
The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, to whom was
referred the bill (H.R. 676) to amend the Federal Ocean Acidifica-
tion Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 to require the Secretary
of Commerce, acting through the Administrator of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to collaborate with State
and local governments and Indian Tribes on vulnerability assess-
ments related to ocean acidification, research planning, and similar
activities, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Legislative H istory ................................................................................................. 2
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 3
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 3
Roll Call Votes ......................................................................................................... 3
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ....................................................... 5
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 5
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 5
Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 5
Federal Advisory Committee Act ............................................................................ 5
Unfunded Mandate Statement ............................................................................... 5
Earmark Identification ............................................................................................ 5
Committee Cost Estimate ....................................................................................... 5
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures ............. 6
Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate ......................................................... 6
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 6
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