33 U.S.C. § 1951
Section 1951 · Purposes
Current version, with additions and removals from the December 22, 2006 version.
The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to help identify, determine sources of, assess, reduce, and prevent marine debris and its adverse impacts on the marine environment and navigation safety;
(2) to reactivate the Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee; and
(3) to develop a Federal marine debris information clearinghouse.
The purpose of this chapter is to address the adverse impacts of marine debris on the United States economy, the marine environment (including waters in the jurisdiction of the United States, the high seas, and waters in the jurisdiction of other countries), and navigation safety through the identification, determination of sources, assessment, prevention, reduction, and removal of marine debris.