A bill to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007 or FOARAM Act - Directs the President to establish or designate the Interagency Committee on Ocean Acidification to oversee the planning, establishment, and coordinated implementation of a plan to improve the understanding of the role of increased ocean acidification on marine ecosystems. Requires the committee to develop, and report to specified congressional committees on, a strategic research and implementation plan for coordinated federal activities. Requires a triennial report to specified congressional committees that includes: (1) a summary of federally funded ocean acidification research and monitoring activities; and (2) an analysis of the progress made toward achieving the goals and priorities for the interagency research plan.
Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish and maintain an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to implement such strategic research and implementation plan.
Authorizes appropriations to NOAA to carry out this Act, with specified percentages designated for the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 873.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7377)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7377-7378)
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-339.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Inouye with amendments. With written report No. 110-339.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 749.
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