Reauthorizes the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, authorizing $56,000,000 for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2030 and requiring that at least 7.5 percent of those funds go to each regional coastal observing system operating on January 1, 2025.

Official title: Integrated Ocean Observation System Reauthorization Act of 2025

Next stop Senate floor: awaiting a vote

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Senate

Introduced 18-JUN-2025

Referred 18-JUN-2025

Approved by committee 21-OCT-2025

Reported 11-MAY-2026

On the calendar 11-MAY-2026

Key points

Authorizes $56,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2030 for the ocean observing system.
Requires the Secretary to allocate at least 7.5 percent of appropriated funds to each regional coastal observing system in existence on January 1, 2025, except for amounts appropriated for disaster relief.
Renames the Ocean Policy Committee in place of the Council and adds meteorological and ocean observations to the system's purposes.
Requires the system's report to Congress to include a post-storm evaluation of major U.S. storms, assessing how the system's observations improved storm forecast accuracy.

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Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) Cosponsors · 7

■ 4 D■ 3 R

4 Democrats

3 Republicans