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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 50 — Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring

§ 3707. NASA ocean acidification activities

Statutory text

(a)

Ocean acidification activities

The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with other relevant agencies, shall ensure that space-based monitoring assets are used in as productive a manner as possible for monitoring of ocean acidification and coastal acidification and their respective impacts.

(b)

Program consistency

The Administrator shall ensure that the Agency’s research and monitoring activities on ocean acidification and coastal acidification are carried out in a manner consistent with the strategic research plan developed by the Subcommittee under section 3704 of this title.

(c)

Coordination

The Administrator shall encourage coordination of the Agency’s ocean acidification and coastal acidification activities with such activities of other nations and international organizations.

(d)

Requirement

Researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under this subtitle that collect data described under section 3705(d) of this title shall—

(1)

collect such data in accordance with the standards, protocols, or procedures established pursuant to section 3705(d) of this title; and

(2)

submit such data to the Administrator and the Secretary, in accordance with any rules promulgated by the Administrator or the Secretary.

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.

  1. Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2009

    Pub. L. 111–11 title XII § 12408 · 123 Stat. 991

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3707

    Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12408, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1441

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12408, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1441

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 12408. NASA OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ACTIVITIES. (a) Ocean Acidification Activities.— The Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, in coordination with other relevant agencies, shall ensure that space-based monitoring assets are used in as productive a manner as possible for monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts. (b) Program Consistency.— The Administrator shall ensure that the Agency’s research and monitoring activities on ocean acidification are carried out in a manner consistent with the strategic research plan developed by the Subcommittee under section 12405. (c) Coordination.— The Administrator shall encourage coordination of the Agency’s ocean acidification activities with such activities of other nations and international organizations.

  2. Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021

    Pub. L. 117–167 § 10648(1) · 136 Stat. 1366

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3707

    Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(1), substituted “ocean acidification and coastal acidification” for “ocean acidification” wherever appearing in text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(1), substituted “ocean acidification and coastal acidification” for “ocean acidification” wherever appearing in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) by striking “ocean acidification” each place it appears and inserting “ocean acidification and coastal acidification”;

  3. Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021

    Pub. L. 117–167 § 10648(2) · 136 Stat. 1366

    Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 3707(a)

    Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(2), substituted “their respective impacts” for “its impacts”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(2), substituted “their respective impacts” for “its impacts”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) in subsection (a), by striking “its impacts” and inserting “their respective impacts”; and

  4. Coastal and Ocean Acidification Research and Innovation Act of 2021

    Pub. L. 117–167 § 10648(3) · 136 Stat. 1366

    Added · 33 U.S.C. § 3707(d)

    Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(3), added subsec. (d)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(3), added subsec. (d).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(d) Requirement.— Researchers from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration under this subtitle that collect data described under section 12406(d) shall— “(1) collect such data in accordance with the standards, protocols, or procedures established pursuant to section 12406(d); and “(2) submit such data to the Administrator and the Secretary, in accordance with any rules promulgated by the Administrator or the Secretary.” .

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(1), substituted “ocean acidification and coastal acidification” for “ocean acidification” wherever appearing in text.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(2), substituted “their respective impacts” for “its impacts”.

Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10648(3), added subsec. (d).

Credits

2009–2022 · 2 acts
  1. 2009Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12408, , 123 Stat. 1441
  2. 2022Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10648, , 136 Stat. 1681.
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(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12408, , 123 Stat. 1441; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10648, , 136 Stat. 1681.)

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