Extends and expands free access to coastal data for communities and planners.
This bill would make sure a program that provides coastal data keeps running until the government's budget year 2030. It would also require this data to be fully and freely available to everyone. Plus, it would add new information, like maps of underground pipes and utilities, to help local governments and businesses.
Today, the Digital Coast Act has permission for funding until the government's budget year 2025. Its data is "readily accessible" but not explicitly "fully and freely available." It also doesn't specifically include data on underground infrastructure. If this bill passes, the program would have permission for funding extended through the government's budget year 2030. All its data would be required to be "fully and freely available," and it would specifically include data on underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities.
HR 4256 · 119th Congress · June 30, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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