§8931 — Title 10 Armed Forces | U.S. Code

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The Secretary of the Navy must create the National Oceanographic Partnership Program. Its goal is to help the nation by improving what we know about the ocean so we can protect national security, grow the economy, keep a good quality of life, care for the environment, and strengthen science education and communication. The program will coordinate ocean work by building partnerships across federal agencies, colleges and universities, industry, and other ocean science groups for science, data, technology, resources, education, and communication. It will also accept, plan, and run ocean research projects funded by grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other appropriate funding methods.

Title 10, §8931

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(a)The Secretary of the Navy shall establish a program to be known as the “National Oceanographic Partnership Program”.

(b)The purposes of the program are as follows:

(1)To promote the national goals of assuring national security, advancing economic development, protecting quality of life, ensuring environmental stewardship, and strengthening science education and communication through improved knowledge of the ocean.

(2)To coordinate and strengthen oceanographic efforts in support of those goals by—

(A)creating and carrying out partnerships among Federal agencies, academia, industry, and other members of the oceanographic community in the areas of science, data, technology development, resources, education, and communication; and

(B)accepting, planning, and executing oceanographic research projects funded by grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other vehicles as appropriate, that contribute to assuring national security, advancing economic development, protecting quality of life, ensuring environmental stewardship, and strengthening science education and communication through improved knowledge of the ocean.

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2021—Pub. L. 116–283 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to establishment and purposes of National Oceanographic Partnership Program. As enacted by Pub. L. 116–283, “SEC.” preceding section designation and catchline text were editorially conformed to the style used in this title. 2018—Pub. L. 115–232 renumbered section 7901 of this title as this section.

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of 2018 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 115–232 effective Feb. 1, 2019, with provision for the coordination of

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and special rule for certain redesignations, see section 800 of Pub. L. 115–232, set out as a note preceding section 3001 of this title. Congressional Findings Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title II, § 281, Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2469, provided that: “Congress finds the following: “(1) The oceans and coastal areas of the United States are among the Nation’s most valuable natural resources, making substantial contributions to economic growth, quality of life, and national security. “(2) Oceans drive global and regional climate. Hence, they contain information affecting agriculture, fishing, and the prediction of severe weather. “(3) Understanding of the oceans through basic and applied research is essential for using the oceans wisely and protecting their limited resources. Therefore, the United States should maintain its world leadership in oceanography as one key to its competitive future. “(4) Ocean research and education activities take place within Federal agencies, academic institutions, and industry. These entities often have similar requirements for research facilities, data, and other resources (such as oceanographic research vessels). “(5) The need exists for a formal mechanism to coordinate existing partnerships and establish new partnerships for the sharing of resources, intellectual talent, and facilities in the ocean sciences and education, so that optimal use can be made of this most important natural resource for the well-being of all Americans.”

§8931 National Oceanographic Partnership Program

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Title 10, §8931

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