33 U.S.C. § 3701
Section 3701 · Purposes
Current version, with additions and removals from the March 30, 2009 version.
Current — August 9, 2022
As of March 30, 2009
(a) Purposes
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—
The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—
(1) development and coordination of a comprehensive interagency plan to—
(1) development coordination 1 and implementation 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
(A) monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and
(B) establish an interagency research and monitoring program on ocean acidification;
(B) maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;
(2) establishment of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(2) maintenance 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
(3) assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and
(4) research adaptation strategies and techniques for effectively conserving marine ecosystems as they cope with increased ocean acidification.
(4) research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.