H.R. 4256 · Where this bill is now
Waiting for a House vote
Approved by committee Oct 31, 2025; no House vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryExtends NOAA's Digital Coast data program through 2030
This bill keeps the Digital Coast program running through 2030. The program is a digital platform run by NOAA that provides data, tools, training, and information to help with coastal management. The bill makes sure all data and products created by the program stay free and publicly available online, and it directs NOAA to help gather and combine information about underground infrastructure and utilities.
How it affects you
If you live in a coastal area and work on managing coastal resources, planning development, or responding to coastal challenges, you'd have continued access to free data and tools to help with that work. For most other people, this program's effects happen behind the scenes in decisions made by coastal planners and managers.
Read the official summary (Reported to House, Oct 31, 2025)
Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025
This bill reauthorizes through FY2030 the Digital Coast program managed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and makes other changes to the program. Through the program, NOAA administers a digital platform with data, tools, training, and other information to support coastal management needs.
The bill requires NOAA to ensure that data and resulting integrated products developed under the program are fully and freely available on the program website and via other sources. Further, NOAA must support existing efforts to acquire and integrate data related to underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 4256
A BILL
Digital Coast Reauthorization Act of 2025
Sponsor: Rep. Dave Min (D-CA-47) · Introduced Jun 30, 2025 · Public Lands and Natural Resources · 2 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Oct 31, 2025: “Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 310.”
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 2 official versions.