Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 47 — Ocean Exploration
§ 3401. Purpose
Statutory text
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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.
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
Pub. L. 111–11 title XII § 12001 · 123 Stat. 991
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3401
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12001, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1417
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12001, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1417Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 12001. PURPOSE. The purpose of this part is to establish the national ocean exploration program and the national undersea research program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023
Pub. L. 117–263 div. J title CIII § 10305(a) · 136 Stat. 2395
Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 3401
Pub. L. 117–263 struck out “and the national undersea research program” after “national ocean exploration program”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 117–263 struck out “and the national undersea research program” after “national ocean exploration program”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Purpose.— Section 12001 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3401) is amended by striking “and the national undersea research program”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–263 struck out “and the national undersea research program” after “national ocean exploration program”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12101, , 123 Stat. 1419, which provided that part II of subtitle A of title XII of Pub. L. 111–11, which enacted subchapter II of this chapter, could be cited as the “NOAA Undersea Research Program Act of 2009”, was repealed by Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10306(a), , 136 Stat. 3974.
Credits
2009–2022 · 2 acts
- 2009Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12001, , 123 Stat. 1417
- 2022Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10305(a), , 136 Stat. 3971.
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(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12001, , 123 Stat. 1417; Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10305(a), , 136 Stat. 3971.)