---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1969"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "1969"
heading: "Termination of authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/1969"
units:
  - "Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction"
  - "Subchapter II — Marine Debris Foundation"
---

# §1969. Termination of authority


The authority of the Foundation under this subchapter shall terminate on the date that is 10 years after the establishment of the Foundation, unless the Foundation is reauthorized by an Act of Congress.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–449, § 119, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 119, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1080; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 119, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 3(a), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1987.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 4219 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 119–65.