Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2018”.
Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act Amendments of 2018
A BILL
To reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Staggered terms for national integrated coastal and ocean observation system advisory committee
Section 12304(d)(3)(B) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3603(d)(3)(B)) is amended—
by striking “Members” and inserting the following:
“(i) In general—Except as provided in clause (ii), members”
by adding at the end the following:
“(ii) Staggered terms—The Administrator may appoint or reappoint a member for a partial term of 1 or 2 years in order to establish a system of staggered terms. The Administrator may appoint or reappoint a member under this clause only once. A member appointed or reappointed to a partial term under this clause may not serve more than one full term.”
Sec. 3 Integrated coastal and ocean observation system cooperative agreements
Section 12305(a) of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3604(a)) is amended by inserting “disburse appropriated funds to,” after “agreements, with,”.
Sec. 4 Reauthorization of Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009
Section 12311 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3610) is amended by striking “are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 such sums as are necessary” and inserting “is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 $42,000,000”.