Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction
§ 1974. Judges
Statutory text
Appointment
The Secretary shall appoint not fewer than 3 judges who shall, except as provided in subsection (b), select the 1 or more annual winners of the prize competition.
Determination by the Secretary
The judges appointed under subsection (a) shall not select any annual winner of the prize competition if the Secretary makes a determination that, in any fiscal year, none of the technological advancements entered into the prize competition merits an award.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act
Pub. L. 109–449 § 124 · 120 Stat. 3333
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1974
Pub. L. 109–449, § 124, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 124, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1083
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 109–449, § 124, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 124, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1083
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 4234 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 119–65.
Credits
2020–2025 · 2 acts
- 2020Pub. L. 109–449, § 124, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 124, , 134 Stat. 1083
- 2025renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 124, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 4(a), , 139 Stat. 1989.
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(Pub. L. 109–449, § 124, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 124, , 134 Stat. 1083; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 124, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 4(a), , 139 Stat. 1989.)