S. 2242 · 115th Congress
COASTAL Implementation Act of 2017
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Sponsor
- Roger Wicker
- Introduced
- 2017-12-18
- Latest action
- 2018-11-13 · Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 115-347.
Summary
COASTAL Implementation Act of 2017
This bill amends the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 to revise the authority of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including to authorize (1)the deployment of sensors to enhance data collection in coastal states that are at highest risk of experiencing geophysical events, and (2)post-storm assessments for each coastal state that suffers indeterminate loses from a storm.