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33 U.S.C. 3705: NOAA ocean acidification activities

Created in 2009 by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-11). Changed by 3 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 33 U.S.C. 3703, 33 U.S.C. 3706, 33 U.S.C. 3707.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2022

    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(A), inserted "coordination," after "research, monitoring," in introductory provisions. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(D), substituted "acidification and coastal acidification" for "acidification" wherever appearing. Amendment was not executed in subpars. (F), (J), and (K) as added by Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(v), (viii), to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(i), inserted "including leveraging, as appropriate, the Integrated Ocean Observing System and the ocean observing assets of other Federal, State, and Tribal agencies," after "ocean observing assets,". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(iii), added subpars. (C) and (D). Former subpars. (C) and (D) redesignated (E) and (G), respectively. Law text · (a), (D)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(ii), (iv), redesignated subpar. (C) as (E) and substituted "adaptation and mitigation" for "adaptation". Former subpar. (E) redesignated (H). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(v), added subpar. (F). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(ii), redesignated subpar. (D) as (G). Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(ii), (vi), redesignated subpar. (E) as (H), substituted "their respective impacts" for "its impacts", and struck out "and" at end. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(vii)(II), which directed the substitution of a semicolon for a period at the end, could not be executed because a semicolon, rather than a period, already appeared at the end. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(ii), (vii)(I), redesignated subpar. (F) as (I) and substituted "research, monitoring, and adaptation and mitigation strategies" for "monitoring and impacts research". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(B)(viii), added subpars. (J) and (K). Law text · (a), (K)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(D), substituted "acidification and coastal acidification" for "acidification" in two places. Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(1)(C), substituted "critical research, education, and outreach projects that explore and communicate" for "critical research projects that explore". Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 117–167, §10646(2), added subsecs. (c) and (d). Law text · (c), (d)

    2020

    • Pub. L. 116–271 added par. (4). Law text · (a)

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–232 substituted "section 8931 of title 10" for "section 7901 of title 10". (John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019) Law text · (a)

    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.