,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hgej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ab1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,velzquez introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,commerce1 acting through the           
,administrator of the ,national ,oceanic
 and ,atmospheric ,administration1 to   
establish a ,national ,coastal ,data    
,information ,system1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,national sea level rise 
risk analysis  7a7 ,purposes ,the       
,secretary of ,commerce1 acting through 
the ,administrator of the ,national     
,oceanic and ,atmospheric               
,administration1 shall establish a      
,national ,coastal ,data ,information   
,system to-- 7#a7 combine existing      
observations1 modeling1 predictions1    
products and services into an integrated
 framework for producing and maintaining
 authoritative and timely data1 maps1   
and information services which quantify 

and communicate coastal flood risk to   
the ,states2  7#b7 develop and          
strengthen partnerships with            
organizations that represent end users  
within coastal communities1 including   
other ,federal agencies1 to better      
assess information gaps and needs       
relating to the risk posed by the rising
 sea level2 and  7#c7 produce new       
information products and services1      
targeted to end-user needs1 that allow  
coastal communities across the ,united  
,states to plan for present and future  
coastal flood risk4  7b7 ,report ,the   
,administrator shall1 not less than #ahj
 days after the date of enactment of    
this ,act and every #c years thereafter1
 provide the ,committee on ,natural     
,resources of the ,house of             
,representatives with a report          
containing holistic analysis of the need
 to expand observations1 modeling1      
predictions1 products1 and services to--
 7#a7 improve the understanding of      
changing coastal flood risk1 including  

the impacts of sea level rise2 and  7#b7
 track and report how observed rates of 
sea level rise compare to the sea level 
rise predictions published within the   
,national ,climate ,assessments4