Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§893b Noaa’s Contribution to Innovation

Title 33 › CHAPTER 17 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER V — RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATION, AND INNOVATION › § 893b

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

NOAA must fully join any government effort to boost innovation and U.S. economic competitiveness by doing near-term and long-term science and engineering research and by promoting STEM education, as part of its mission and allowed activities. The NOAA Administrator must base this work on NOAA’s long history of leading ocean and atmospheric science and of supporting opportunities and incentives for students in STEM fields.

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Title 33, §893b

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(a)Participation in interagency activities

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall be a full participant in any interagency effort to promote innovation and economic competitiveness through near-term and long-term basic scientific research and development and the promotion of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education, consistent with the agency mission, including authorized activities.

(b)Historic foundation

In order to carry out the participation described in subsection (a), the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall build on the historic role of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in stimulating excellence in the advancement of ocean and atmospheric science and engineering disciplines and in providing opportunities and incentives for the pursuit of academic studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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33 U.S.C. § 893b

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110