2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 50 - Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring
Sec. 3701 - Purposes
| 33 U.S.C. § 3701 (2016) |
| §3701. Purposes |
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(a) Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for— (1) development and coordination of a comprehensive interagency plan to— (A) monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and (B) establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification; (2) establishment of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification; and (4) research adaptation strategies and techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification. |
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(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436.) |
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SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12401, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436, provided that: "This subtitle [subtitle D (§§12401–12409) of title XII of Pub. L. 111–11, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009' or the 'FOARAM Act'." |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
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| Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 50 - FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING Sec. 3701 - Purposes |
| section 3701 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| No |
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| 'Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009' 'FOARAM Act'." |
| 123 Stat. 1436 |
| Public Law 111-11 |
