33 U.S.C. § 3404: Education, workforce…

Summary

NOAA must run education and outreach so the public learns about the program’s discoveries. NOAA must try to work with other U.S. and international ocean mapping and exploration efforts. NOAA must create a fellowship program that gives year-long fellowships to undergraduate students from the specific institutions named in another federal education law. Outreach work can teach the public, teachers, students, and ocean and coastal managers. It can also offer workforce training, retraining, and help build ocean-related STEM technical programs at high schools, community colleges, and universities (including those same institutions). NOAA must write an outreach plan within 180 days after the National Ocean Exploration Act is enacted.

Title 33, §3404

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(a)In general

The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall—

(1)conduct education and outreach efforts in order to broadly disseminate information to the public on the discoveries made by the program under section 3402 of this title;

(2)to the extent possible, coordinate the efforts described in paragraph (1) with the outreach strategies of other domestic or international ocean mapping, exploration, and characterization initiatives; and

(3)establish a fellowship program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide year-long fellowships to undergraduate students from institutions described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.

(b)Education and outreach efforts

Efforts described in subsection (a)(1) may include—

(1)education of the general public, teachers, students, and ocean and coastal resource managers; and

(2)workforce training, reskilling, and opportunities to encourage development of ocean-related science, technology, engineering, and mathematics technical training programs involving secondary schools, community colleges, and universities, including institutions described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.

(c)Outreach strategy

Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Ocean Exploration Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall develop an outreach strategy to broadly disseminate information on the discoveries made by the program under section 3402 of this title.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The date of the enactment of the National Ocean Exploration Act, referred to in subsec. (c), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 117–263, which was approved Dec. 23, 2022. Prior versions of the bill that was enacted into law as title CIII of div. J of Pub. L. 117–263 included such

Short Title

, but it was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 117–263.

Prior Provisions

A prior section 3404, Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1418, related to an ocean exploration and undersea research technology and infrastructure task force, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10305(d), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3972.

§3404 Education, Workforce Training, and Outreach