1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ocean, Coastal, and Estuarine Acidification Necessitates Research Act of 2019 or the OCEAN Research Act . 2. Purposes Section 12402 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3701 ) is amended— (1) by striking (a) Purposes.— ; (2) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking development and coordination and inserting coordination and implementation ; (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking acidification on marine organisms and inserting acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms ; and (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking establish and all that follows and inserting maintain an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification; ; (3) in paragraph (2), by striking establishment of an ocean acidification program and inserting maintenance of an ocean acidification and coastal acidification program ; (4) in paragraph (3), by inserting and coastal acidification after ocean acidification ; and (5) in paragraph (4), by inserting and coastal acidification that take into account other environmental and anthropogenic stressors after ocean acidification . 3. Definitions Section 12403 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 ( 33 U.S.C. 3702 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking of the Earth’s oceans and all that follows and inserting and changes in the water chemistry of the Earth’s oceans, coastal estuaries, and waterways caused by carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and the breakdown of organic matter. ; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology and inserting Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the Committee on Environment ; (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively