H.R. 9647: To prohibit the National Science Foundation from obligating or expending Federal funds to descope or decommission the Ocean Observatories Initiative instruments, and for other purposes.

H.R. 9647 is a federal bill in the 119th Congress. Before this legislation, the National Science Foundation had the authority to decide when to shut down or reduce the scope of the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a network of instruments gathering ocean data. Under this new change, the agency is legally… See its sponsors, how members voted, and a plain-English breakdown on PolityLens.