Marine Debris Act

Pub. L. 109–449

US Codex doesn’t hold the enacted text of this law — the public-law corpus runs from the 113th Congress (2013) onward. What it changed in the U.S. Code, reconstructed from the credit notes, is listed below.

29 sections of the Code credited to this law, found between Public Law 109-173 and Public Law 109-482.

• 33 U.S.C. § 1914 — Coordination
• 33 U.S.C. § 1951 — Purposes
• 33 U.S.C. § 1952 — NOAA Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Program
• 33 U.S.C. § 1953 — Coast Guard program
• 33 U.S.C. § 1954 — Interagency coordination
• 33 U.S.C. § 1955 — Federal information clearinghouse
• 33 U.S.C. § 1956 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1957 — Relationship to Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
• 33 U.S.C. § 1958 — Authorization of appropriations
• 33 U.S.C. §§ 1956 to 1959 — Transferred
• 33 U.S.C. § 1961 — Establishment and purposes of Foundation
• 33 U.S.C. § 1962 — Board of Directors of the Foundation
• 33 U.S.C. § 1963 — Rights and obligations of the Foundation
• 33 U.S.C. § 1964 — Administrative services and support
• 33 U.S.C. § 1965 — Volunteer status
• 33 U.S.C. § 1966 — Report requirements; petition of Attorney General for equitable relief
• 33 U.S.C. § 1967 — United States release from liability
• 33 U.S.C. § 1968 — Authorization of appropriations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1969 — Termination of authority
• 33 U.S.C. § 1971 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1972 — Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1973 — Agreement with the Marine Debris Foundation
• 33 U.S.C. § 1974 — Judges
• 33 U.S.C. § 1975 — Report to Congress
• 33 U.S.C. § 1976 — Authorization of appropriations
• 33 U.S.C. § 1977 — Termination of authority
• 33 U.S.C. § 1981 — Definitions
• 33 U.S.C. § 1982 — Relationship to Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
• 33 U.S.C. § 1983 — Authorization of appropriations