33 USC 3701 - Purposes

U.S Code last checked for updates: Apr 24, 2024

§ 3701.

Purposes

The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—

(1)

development coordination 1

 So in original.

and implementation of a comprehensive interagency plan to—

(A)

monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and

(B)

maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;

(2)

maintenance 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 coastal acidification; and

(4)

research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.

(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10642, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1672.)

cite as: 33 USC 3701