A bill to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program.
Sponsored By: Senator Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
Passed Senate
Summary
This bill would require the Digital Coast program to make data fully and freely available and to expand what the program publishes. It adds underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities to the required dataset, limits trainings to technical instruction on those data and tools, and extends the program through 2030.
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- State and local coastal managers would get access to a broader, openly available dataset that now includes underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities.
- Utilities and infrastructure planners would see underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities added explicitly to the program's data scope.
- Researchers, educators, and the public would have data made fully and freely available and would receive trainings limited to technical instruction on using those data and tools. The program's authority is extended to 2030.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Digital Coast program runs through 2030
The bill would extend the Digital Coast program’s authorization through 2030. This would prevent a near-term lapse in authority. Agencies, researchers, and businesses would keep access to its data and tools.
Free coastal data, including underground utilities
The bill would require Digital Coast data to be fully and freely available. It would also add data on underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities. Planners, researchers, local governments, utilities, small businesses, and nearby homeowners would get broader, easier access.
Digital Coast training limited to technical use
Trainings funded by the Digital Coast program would be limited to hands-on instruction on using its data and tools. Broader policy or non-technical topics would no longer be covered. This would affect state and local staff and other users who attend these trainings.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI]
WI • D
Cosponsors
Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
AK • R
Sponsored 7/10/2025
Dan Sullivan
AK • R
Sponsored 7/22/2025
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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