H.R. 6475 (112th): Digital Coast Act of 2012

Introduced:
Sep 20, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. A. Dutch Ruppersberger [D-MD2]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 1382 on Mar 21, 2013. See H.R. 1382 for current action on this subject.

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Status

This bill was introduced on September 20, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Sep 20, 2012
Referred to Committee Sep 20, 2012
Cosponsors
4 cosponsors (3D, 1R) (show)
Committees

House Natural Resources

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Full Title

To authorize the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to establish a constituent-driven program that collects priority coastal geospatial data and supports an information platform capable of efficiently integrating coastal data with decision support tools, training, and best practices to inform and improve local, State, regional, and Federal capacities to manage the coastal region.

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Last updated Sep 20, 2012.
10 pages

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9/20/2012--Introduced.
Digital Coast Act of 2012 - Defines "Digital Coast" as a constituent-driven effort led by the Secretary of Commerce, through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to provide an enabling platform integrating geospatial data, decision support tools, training, and best practices to address coastal and emergency management issues and enhance coastal economies and ecosystem services by helping communities with cost-effective and participatory solutions.
Directs NOAA to establish and implement the Digital Coast to:
(1) collect data concerning coastal elevations, land use and cover, habitat and submerged aquatic vegetation, parcels, planimetrics, socioeconomics, and human use; and
(2) integrate other data sources for the broadest measure of coastal resource management constituents and applications.
Directs NOAA to:
(1) make such data and resulting products accessible via the Digital Coast and other related Internet technologies,
(2) provide training on decision support tools developed under this Act,
(3) document data to Federal Geographic Data Committee standards, and
(4) archive the raw data at appropriate NOAA or federal data centers.
Requires coordination and data sharing with states, U.S. territories, local governments, nongovernmental entities, and other federal efforts.
Requires the establishment of NOAA Coastal Services Centers to facilitate the development of products and services addressing the needs of local, state, and regional entities involved with coastal and ocean decisionmaking and to lead development and maintenance of the Digital Coast.

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  • 40 U.S.C. Chapter 11