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§3701 Purposes

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 50— - FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING › § 3701

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Summary

Set up and carry out a coordinated plan by federal agencies to study and track ocean and coastal acidification. Keep a research, monitoring, and public outreach program, and maintain an ocean acidification program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Also assess regional and national effects on ecosystems and economies. Study ways to adapt to and reduce the harm from acidification and other stresses on marine life.

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Title 33, §3701

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The purposes of this chapter are to provide for— (1)
(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.

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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, Aug. 9, 2022, 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, Mar. 30, 2009, 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’.”

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33 U.S.C. § 3701

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73