National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 2023

H.R. 3980 · 118th Congress · Jun 9, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To formally establish within statute an independent scientific research and development agency known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 2023”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to establish the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as an independent scientific research and development agency with an overarching statutory framework that focuses on Earth system science, maintaining the Administration’s core mission and functions while allowing it to restructure and prioritize under an organic statute.

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Jun 9, 2023viewing Introduced in House Mr. Lucas (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Babin, Mr. Baird, Mr. Mike Garcia of California, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Issa, Mr. Crawford, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Miller of Ohio, Mr. Williams of New York, and Mr. Kean of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act of 2023

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Purpose

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