United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 33. NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Chapter 50. FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING |
§ 3701. Purposes
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(a) Purposes The purposes of this chapter are to provide for— (1) development and coordination of a comprehensive interagency plan to— (A) monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and (B) establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification; (2) establishment of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; (3) assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification; and (4) research adaptation strategies and techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification.
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Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12401,