§3706 — Title 33 Navigation and Navigable Waters | U.S. Code

Summary

The Director of the National Science Foundation must keep funding competitive, expert-reviewed research, observation, and monitoring on ocean and coastal acidification. The work must cover five areas: effects on marine life (including aquaculture), coastal and estuary biogeochemistry, methods and technology to measure acidification, effects of combined stressors (for example hypoxia or harmful algal blooms) with changing water chemistry, and adaptation and mitigation for socioeconomic impacts. The research must follow the Subcommittee’s strategic plan under section 3704. The Director must encourage working with other countries and international groups. Grant recipients who collect the data described in section 3705(d) must follow the standards and protocols in section 3705(d) and submit those data to the Director and the Secretary after publication, following any rules the Director or the Secretary set.

Title 33, §3706

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(a)The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean acidification and coastal acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research, observation, and monitoring of ocean acidification and coastal acidification and their respective impacts, including—

(1)impacts on marine organisms, including species cultured for aquaculture, and marine ecosystems;

(2)impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine biogeochemistry;

(3)the development of methodologies and technologies to evaluate ocean acidification and coastal acidification and their respective impacts; and

(4)impacts of multiple stressors on ecosystems exhibiting hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, or sediment delivery, combined with changes in ocean chemistry; and

(5)adaptation and mitigation strategies to address socioeconomic effects of ocean acidification and coastal acidification.

(b)The research activities shall be consistent with the strategic research plan developed by the Subcommittee under section 3704 of this title.

(c)The Director shall encourage coordination of the Foundation’s ocean acidification and coastal acidification activities with such activities of other nations and international organizations.

(d)Recipients of grants from the National Science Foundation under this chapter that collect data described under section 3705(d) of this title shall—

(1)collect 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 Director and the Secretary after publication, in accordance with any rules promulgated by the Director or the Secretary.

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2022—Pub. L. 117–167, § 10647(1), substituted “ocean acidification and coastal acidification” for “ocean acidification” wherever appearing in text. Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10647(2)(A), substituted “their respective impacts” for “its impacts” in introductory provisions. Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10647(2)(B), substituted “and their respective impacts” for “and its impacts”. Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10647(2)(C), (D), added par. (5). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–167, § 10647(3), added subsec. (d). 2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–271 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts, including— “(1) impacts on marine organisms and marine ecosystems; “(2) impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine biogeochemistry; and “(3) the development of methodologies and technologies to evaluate ocean acidification and its impacts.”

§3706 Nsf Ocean Acidification Activities

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Title 33, §3706

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