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33 U.S.C. 3703: Interagency working group

Created in 2009 by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11). Changed by 2 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

2 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 33 U.S.C. 3704, 33 U.S.C. 3705.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(1), substituted "working group" for "Subcommittee" in section catchline. Law text
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(2)(A), substituted "Subcommittee shall coordinate Federal activities on ocean and coastal acidification and establish and maintain" for "Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology of the National Science and Technology Council shall coordinate Federal… Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(2)(B), substituted "Wildlife Service, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of State, the Department of Energy, the Department of the Navy, the National Park Service, the Bure… Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(2)(C), substituted "Chair" for "Chairman" in heading. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(3)(A), inserted "and coastal acidification" after "ocean acidification" in subpars. (A) and (B). Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(3)(B), substituted semicolon for "; and". Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(3)(C), inserted ", and contribute to as appropriate," after "designate" and substituted "and coastal acidification developed" for "developed" and "and coastal acidification; and" for period at end. Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(6), added subsec. (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (e). Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(4)(A)(i), (ii), in introductory provisions, inserted "until 2032" after "every 2 years thereafter" and ", and to the Office of Management and Budget," after "House of Representatives". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(4)(A)(iii), substituted "interagency strategic research" for "the interagency research". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(4)(B), inserted "until 2031" after "at least once every 5 years". Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(4)(C), inserted "until 2032" after "and every 6 years thereafter" in introductory provisions. Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(6), added subsec. (d). Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10644(5), redesignated subsec. (c) as (e). Law text · (e)

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–271 added pars. (4) and (5). Law text · (c), (5)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.