Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§3401 Purpose
Title 33 › CHAPTER 47 — OCEAN EXPLORATION › SUBCHAPTER I — EXPLORATION › § 3401
Summary
Creates a national program for exploring the ocean inside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
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Title 33, §3401
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the national ocean exploration program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Legislative History
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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, Mar. 30, 2009, 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which enacted subchapter II of this chapter, could be cited as the “NOAA Undersea Research Program Act of 2009”, was repealed by Pub.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), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3974.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 3401
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102