NOAA Data Preservation Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
Prevents Commerce from canceling NOAA dataset cloud-storage contracts without a continuity plan and collaboration to ensure uninterrupted data protection and transition.
Who Benefits and How
NOAA data users and cloud providers storing NOAA datasets gain greater continuity protections against abrupt contract cancellation.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Commerce must develop a transition plan and coordinate with NOAA before canceling covered cloud-storage contracts.
Key Provisions
- Bars Commerce from canceling NOAA dataset cloud-storage contracts without first satisfying continuity conditions.
- Requires a plan for uninterrupted storage and transition to another provider if needed.
- Requires collaboration with NOAA to protect the affected dataset during transition.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prevents Commerce from canceling NOAA dataset cloud-storage contracts without a continuity plan and collaboration to ensure uninterrupted data protection and transition.
Key Policy Areas
Science & Space, Technology, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Prevents Commerce from canceling NOAA dataset cloud-storage contracts without a continuity plan and collaboration to ensure uninterrupted data protection and transition.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- NOAA data users and systems relying on uninterrupted dataset access
- Cloud providers storing NOAA datasets
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Commerce Department and NOAA administrators managing cloud storage contracts
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMs. Elfreth (for herself, Mr. Begich, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, …
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Commerce Department and NOAA administrators
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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