Sponsors (14)
The bill modernizes and clarifies the Digital Coast program to improve coastal data, planning, and resilience, but risks creating new costs, uncertainty, and procedural changes for state and local partners if duties are expanded or protections removed without clear funding or transition measures.
Coastal communities, state and local governments, and planners will gain improved coastal data, tools, and management resources through the Digital Coast program, strengthening preparedness and resilience to sea-level rise and storms.
NOAA, coastal planners, and partner governments will have clearer statutory authority and guidance for Digital Coast activities, making it easier to coordinate and deliver coastal planning and infrastructure services.
Updating the statute reduces legal and administrative ambiguity for partners (states, localities, utilities), which can lower transaction costs and improve collaboration in Digital Coast initiatives.
State and local partners (and utilities) may face new or unclear obligations and compliance costs from unspecified statutory changes, creating short-term uncertainty and possible administrative burden.
If the amendments expand program duties without providing new funding, federal and partner budgets could be strained, forcing tradeoffs with other local priorities or services.
Replacing subsection (g) may remove existing procedural protections or requirements stakeholders rely on, potentially altering program processes and creating implementation risks for partners.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Updates three specified subsections of the law governing the Digital Coast program; the actual new wording is not included in the excerpt.
Amends the Digital Coast Act by changing wording at three places in the statute that govern the Digital Coast program. The bill is short (two sections): one gives a short title and the other updates three specific subsections of the law, but the provided excerpt does not include the new text so the exact policy changes are unspecified. Because the excerpt does not show the replacement language, the direct legal and programmatic effects cannot be fully determined from the text provided; however, the measure appears to be a technical reauthorization/update of the existing Digital Coast statutory provisions rather than a standalone funding bill.
Introduced June 30, 2025 by Dave Min · Last progress June 30, 2025