Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 50 — Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring
§ 3701. Purposes
Statutory text
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—
development coordination 1 and implementation of a comprehensive interagency plan to—
monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and
maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;
maintenance of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and
research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original.
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.
Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009
Pub. L. 111–11 title XII § 12402 · 123 Stat. 991
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 12402. PURPOSES. (a) Purposes.— The purposes of this subtitle 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.Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–167 § 10642(b) · 136 Stat. 1366
Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 3701
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(b), struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Purposes” before “The purposes” in introductory provisions
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(b), struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Purposes” before “The purposes” in introductory provisions.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.— Section 12402 of the Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring Act of 2009 (33 U.S.C. 3701(a)) is amended by striking “(a) Purposes.—”.Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–167 § 10642(a)(1) · 136 Stat. 1366
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701(a)(1)
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(1), substituted “development coordination and implementation” for “development and coordination” in subpar. (B)
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701(a)(1)
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(1), substituted “acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms” for “acidification on marine organisms” in subpar. (B)
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701(a)(1)
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(1), substituted “maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;” for “establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification;” in subpar. (B)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(1), substituted “development coordination and implementation” for “development and coordination” in introductory provisions, “acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms” for “acidification on marine organisms” in subpar. (A), and “maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;” for “establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification;” in subpar. (B).Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “development and coordination” and inserting “development coordination and implementation”; (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking “acidification on marine organisms” and inserting “acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms”; and (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking “establish” and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting “maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;”;Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–167 § 10642(a)(2) · 136 Stat. 1366
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701(a)(2)
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(2), substituted “maintenance” for “establishment”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(2), substituted “maintenance” for “establishment”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “establishment” and inserting “maintenance”;Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–167 § 10642(a)(3) · 136 Stat. 1366
Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701(a)(3)
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(3), inserted “and coastal acidification” after “ocean acidification”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(3), inserted “and coastal acidification” after “ocean acidification”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting “and coastal acidification” after “ocean acidification”; andCoastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–167 § 10642(a)(4) · 136 Stat. 1366
Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3701(a)(4)
Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(4), substituted “mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.” for “techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(4), substituted “mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.” for “techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking “techniques for” and all that follows through the period and inserting “mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.”.
8 of 8 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(b), struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Purposes” before “The purposes” in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(1), substituted “development coordination and implementation” for “development and coordination” in introductory provisions, “acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms” for “acidification on marine organisms” in subpar. (A), and “maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;” for “establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification;” in subpar. (B).
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(2), substituted “maintenance” for “establishment”.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(3), inserted “and coastal acidification” after “ocean acidification”.
Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10642(a)(4), substituted “mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.” for “techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short Title of 2022 Amendment
Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10641, , 136 Stat. 1672, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle E (§§ 10641–10649) of title VI of div. B of Pub. L. 117–167, amending this section and sections 3702 to 3708 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021’.”
Short Title
Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12401, , 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’.”
Credits
2009–2022 · 2 acts
- 2009Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12402, , 123 Stat. 1436
- 2022Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10642, , 136 Stat. 1672.
Show as published
(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12402, , 123 Stat. 1436; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10642, , 136 Stat. 1672.)