,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhbb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjbf,ms4 ,murkowski 7for herself1 ,mr4 
,sullivan1 ,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 
,mr4 ,merkley1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4      
,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,ms4 ,baldwin1 
,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 ,mr4 ,markey1 and    
,ms4 ,warren7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice1 considered1 
read the third time and passed  ,a      
,,bill  ,to prohibit the ,national      
,science ,foundation from using ,federal
 funds to descope or decommission the   
,ocean ,observatories ,initiative       
instruments4  #a4 ,short title ,this    
,act may be cited as the ,saving the    
,,ooi ,act of #bjbf4  #b4 ,no ,,nsf     
funding to descope or decommission the  
,ocean ,observatories ,initiative       
instruments2 restoration  7a7 ,in       
general ,notwithstanding any other      
provision of law1 the ,national ,science
 ,foundation shall not use any ,federal 
funds to decommission or descope the    

,ocean ,observatories ,initiative       
instruments anchored off the ,states of 
,oregon1 ,washington1 ,alaska1 and      
,north ,carolina1 and in the ,irminger  
,sea1 until the ,national ,science      
,foundation conducts a thorough review  
of the initiative1 and the national     
assets that it provides1 with robust    
stakeholder engagement from the         
scientific and coastal communities4  7b7
 ,maintenance of operations ,the        
,director of the ,national ,science     
,foundation shall maintain the ,ocean   
,observatories ,initiative with full and
 consistent operations1 including       
monitoring in all ,states that had      
instruments decommissioned1 until the   
full review described in subsection 7a7 
has been completed