---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1977"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "1977"
heading: "Termination of authority"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/1977"
units:
  - "Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction"
  - "Subchapter III — Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations"
---

# §1977. Termination of authority


The prize [program](/usc/33/1981.md?p=11) will terminate after 5 [prize competition](/usc/33/1971.md?p=1) cycles have been completed.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–449, § 127, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 127, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1083; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 127, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 4(a), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1989.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 4237 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 119–65.