Federal HB9647 prohibits the National Science Foundation from using federal funds to decommission or reduce the scope of Ocean Observatories.
Federal HB9647 prohibits the National Science Foundation from obligating or expending federal funds to decommission or reduce the scope of Ocean Observatories Initiative instruments until a thorough review is completed. The bill mandates that the NSF maintain full and consistent operations, including monitoring in all states that had instruments decommissioned, until the review is finished. The initiative involves instruments anchored off the states of Oregon, Washington, Alaska, and North Carolina, and in the Irminger Sea.
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