2011 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 33A - MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION (§§ 1951 - 1958)
Section 1951 - Purposes
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 33A - MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION Sec. 1951 - Purposes |
| Contains | section 1951 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Short Titles | Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-449, §2, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3333. |
| Statutes at Large References | 120 Stat. 3333 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 109-449 |
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety;
(2) to reactivate the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee; and
(3) to develop a Federal marine debris information clearinghouse.
(Pub. L. 109–449, §2, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3333.)
References in TextThis chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 109–449, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3333, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.
Short TitlePub. L. 109–449, §1, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3333, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 1914 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act’.”
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