; and (2) coordinate the application of existing innovative technologies and development of emerging technologies to promote the understanding, mapping, and collection of data describing the oceans and the changes the oceans are experiencing and are anticipated to experience in the future, such as changes in temperature, salinity, oxygenation, and acidity, and the biological consequences of those changes. 8. Committee on Ocean Policy (a) Establishment There is established in the Executive Office of the President a Committee on Ocean Policy, which— (1) succeeds the Ocean Policy Committee established on June 19, 2018, by Executive Order 13840 (83 Fed. Reg. 29431; relating to ocean policy); (2) shall continue the activities of that committee as it was in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act; and (3) shall carry out the functions described in subsection (b). (b) Functions The Committee on Ocean Policy shall— (1) facilitate coordination and integration of Federal activities in ocean and coastal waters to inform ocean policy and identify priority ocean research, technology, and data needs