§ 3707. NASA ocean acidification activities

• (a) The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with other relevant agencies, shall ensure that space-based monitoring assets are used in as productive a manner as possible for monitoring of ocean acidification and coastal acidification and their respective impacts.
• (b) The Administrator shall ensure that the Agency’s research and monitoring activities on ocean acidification and coastal acidification are carried out in a manner consistent with the strategic research plan developed by the Subcommittee under section 3704 of this title .
• (c) The Administrator shall encourage coordination of the Agency’s ocean acidification and coastal acidification activities with such activities of other nations and international organizations.
• (d) Researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under this subtitle that collect data described under section 3705(d) of this title shall—
  • (1) collect such data in accordance with the standards, protocols, or procedures established pursuant to section 3705(d) of this title ; and
  • (2) submit such data to the Administrator and the Secretary, in accordance with any rules promulgated by the Administrator or the Secretary.