HR 2294
Passed a chamber
Reauthorizes the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, renaming its governing council a committee and authorizing $47.5 million for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030.
Official title: To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009.
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
24-MAR-2025
Referred
24-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
23-JUL-2025
Reported
09-FEB-2026
On the calendar
09-FEB-2026
Passed
16-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
17-MAR-2026
- Renames the Council under the act as the Committee and changes the National Ocean Research Leadership Council's name to the Ocean Policy Committee.
- Adds operational oceanography measurements to the purposes listed for the observation system.
- Adds ocean to weather in the system's forecasting provisions and directs the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee to set rules for regional offices and federally funded projects to share data with regional coastal observing systems.
- Authorizes $47,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (09-FEB-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 16-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Science, Space, and Technology Committee (House)
- Natural Resources Committee (House)
- Water, Wildlife and Fisheries Subcommittee
- Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)
Public Lands and Natural Resources
■ 19 D■ 6 R
19 Democrats
6 Republicans