; and (9) the results of a periodic external independent programmatic audit of the System. . 7. Public-private use policy Section 12308 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3607 ) is amended to read as follows: The Council shall maintain a policy that defines processes for making decisions about the roles of the Federal Government, the States, regional information coordination entities, the academic community, and the private sector in providing to end-user communities environmental information, products, technologies, and services related to the System. The Administrator shall ensure that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration adheres to the decision making process developed by the Council regarding the roles of the Federal Government, the States, the Regional Coastal Observing Systems, the academic communities, and the private sector in providing the end-user communities environmental information, data products, technologies, and services related to the System. . 8. Independent cost estimate The Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 is amended by striking section 12309 ( 33 U.S.C. 3608 ). 9. Authorization of appropriations Section 12311 of the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3610 ) is amended by striking section 2013 and inserting 2021 . 10. Reports and research plans Section 12404(c) of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3703(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Economic vulnerability report Not later than 1 year after the enactment of the Coordinated Ocean Monitoring and Research Act , and every 5 years thereafter, the Subcommittee shall transmit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that— (A) is named The Ocean Chemistry Coastal Community Vulnerability Assessment