Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Jun 17, 2026
Step 2
Referred
Jun 17, 2026
Step 3
Committee
Step 4
Senate
Jun 17, 2026
Passed Senate
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House floor
Moves to House
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary
This bill prohibits the National Science Foundation (NSF) from using federal funds to decommission or descope Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) instruments until a thorough review of OOI is completed. OOI measures and observes ocean conditions using a series of in-water instruments that gather physical, chemical, geological, and biological data. On May 21, 2026, NSF announced that it would remove all in-water infrastructure from four of the five active OOI arrays. Under the bill, NSF must conduct a thorough review of OOI with engagement from the scientific and coastal communities before decommissioning or descoping specified OOI instruments. This includes OOI instruments anchored off of...
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Timeline · 6 actions
Jun 18, 2026
Held at the desk.
Jun 18, 2026
Received in the House.
Jun 18, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jun 17, 2026
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S2885-2886; text: CR S2885-2886)
Jun 17, 2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jun 17, 2026
Introduced in Senate