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Bill · 119th Congress · S 2126
Integrated Ocean Observation System Reauthorization Act of 2025
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Introduced 2025-06-18Topic: environment · budget · climateSummary
AI-generated summary, report an errorThis bill renews the federal law that runs the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System, which collects ocean, coastal, and weather data. It moves oversight of the system to the Ocean Policy Committee, adds meteorological observations and data management and cyber infrastructure to the law's purposes, and removes a reference to global climate change. It requires the annual report to Congress to include a post-storm review of how the system's data affected forecasts for major U.S. storms. It extends funding authorization through fiscal years 2026 to 2030. It also requires that at least 7.5 percent of that funding go to each regional coastal observing system that existed on January 1, 2025, excluding disaster relief funds.
Sponsors
- Roger F. Wicker Republican sponsor
- 7 cosponsors
Action history
| Date | Chamber | Action | Status effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 405. | |
| 2026-05-11 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-120. | refer |
| 2026-05-11 | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-120. | report | |
| 2025-10-21 | Senate | Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. | refer |
| 2025-06-18 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. | refer |
| 2025-06-18 | Introduced in Senate | introduce |