# 119-hr-7896: NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Research Act

119-hr-7896, NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Research Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-02).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7896
- Congress: 119
- Title: NOAA Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Research Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-03-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-02

## Summary

**This bill would create a new NOAA research program for sustained global ocean monitoring and observing to deliver high-quality ocean data that improves climate, weather, and ocean services.** The program focuses on building and coordinating ocean observing systems, boosting research, and accelerating technologies that make forecasts and ocean information better and more accessible. - Coastal families and communities: Better data and observing systems aim to improve forecasts for hurricane intensity, atmospheric rivers, and other extreme weather to help protect lives and property. - Researchers and academic institutions: The program would fund and coordinate basic and applied ocean science, support the global One-Argo system, and improve how ocean data are collected, shared, and reused. - Technology developers and private partners: It would promote public–private partnerships and competitive grants to test autonomous observing systems, new sensors, and use artificial intelligence and cloud tools to make data more useful.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-FL-18] (R-FL), 2026-03-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Neguse, Joe [D-CO-2] (D-CO), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New NOAA Ocean Monitoring Program: benefit, medium. If enacted, NOAA would create a Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Research Program to collect high-quality global ocean data. The program would improve climate, weather, and ocean services and lead development of the global One-Argo system. NOAA would be able to award competitive contracts, gra…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-7896 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7896)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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- [119-hr-2767: BRAIN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2767)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7896 (as of 2026-09-02).