2010 US Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 50 - FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING
Sec. 3706 - NSF ocean acidification activities
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 50 - FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING Sec. 3706 - NSF ocean acidification activities |
| Contains | section 3706 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-11, title XII, §12407, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1441. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 123 Stat. 1441 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 111-11 |
§3706. NSF ocean acidification activities (a) Research activities
The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts, including—
(1) impacts on marine organisms and marine ecosystems;
(2) impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine biogeochemistry; and
(3) the development of methodologies and technologies to evaluate ocean acidification and its impacts.
(b) ConsistencyThe research activities shall be consistent with the strategic research plan developed by the Subcommittee under section 3704 of this title.
(c) CoordinationThe Director shall encourage coordination of the Foundation's ocean acidification activities with such activities of other nations and international organizations.
(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12407, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1441.)
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