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S. 2245Senate119th Congress (2025-2027)Passed Senate

A bill to amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program.

Sponsored by Tammy BaldwinSen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
Introduced July 10, 2025

AI-Generated Summary

Updated February 27, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC

The bill updates the Digital Coast Act to make the program’s data more open, broader, and easier to use, and it pushes the program’s timeline out five years. It requires that data be fully and freely available, adds underground infrastructure data to the scope, restricts training to technical instruction, and moves the program’s end date to 2030. These changes affect agencies and users of the Digital Coast program’s coastal data and tools.

Key Provisions

  • Adds the phrase “and fully and freely available” to require that data be not only readily accessible but also openly available to the public.
  • Expands the types of data covered to explicitly include information on underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities.
  • Clarifies training limits by stating that trainings may only provide technical instruction on using the data and tools provided under the program.
  • Extends the program’s target completion date from 2025 to 2030.

Legislative Activity

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Held at the desk.

March 3, 2026 • 12:10 PM

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SenateIntro Referral

Introduced in Senate

July 10, 2025

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

July 10, 2025

SenateCommittee

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

October 21, 2025

SenateCommittee

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Cruz with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-100.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

January 30, 2026

SenateCalendars

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 310.

January 30, 2026

SenateFloor

Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S715-716; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S716)

February 26, 2026

SenateFloor

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

March 3, 2026

HouseFloor

Received in the House.

March 3, 2026 • 12:06 PM

HouseFloor

Held at the desk.

March 3, 2026 • 12:10 PM

Floor Debate

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What members said about S. 2245 on the floor

1 Republican
Jim Banks
Sen. Jim BanksR-IN · Feb 26, 2026

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 310, S. 2245. I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported substitute amendment be…

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Engrossed in SenateIssued February 26, 2026

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2245

AN ACT

To amend the Digital Coast Act to improve the acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of the Digital Coast program and to extend the program.

1.

Acquisition, integration, and accessibility of data of Digital Coast program

Section 4 of the Digital Coast Act (16 U.S.C. 1467) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (b)(1), by inserting and fully and freely available after readily accessible;

(2)

in subsection (d)—

(A)

in paragraph (3)—

(i)

in subparagraph (D), by inserting , including data related to underground infrastructure and subsurface utilities after data; and

(ii)

in subparagraph (H), by striking and;

(B)

in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and; and

(C)

by adding at the end the following:

(5)

limit trainings to technical instruction in the use of data and tools provided under this section.

; and

(3)

in subsection (g), by striking 2025 and inserting 2030.

Passed the Senate February 26, 2026.

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