H.R. 1382
Digital Coast Act of 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Sponsor
Rep. Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [D-MD-2]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Jan 6, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- House
- Bill Type
- HR
- Bill Number
- 1,382
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Mar 21, 2013
- Policy Area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Is Law
- No
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs.
Source: House committee actions
Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.
Source: House floor actions
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Introduced in House
Source: Library of Congress
Digital Coast Act of 2013 - 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.
Natural Resources Committee
Introduced in House
Mar 21, 2013