---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 3103"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "3103"
heading: "Public information and outreach"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/3103"
units:
  - "Chapter 44 — Oceans and Human Health"
---

# §3103. Public information and outreach


The [Secretary](/usc/33/426h–1.md?p=2) of Commerce, in consultation with other Federal agencies, and in cooperation with the National Sea Grant program, shall design and implement a program to disseminate information developed under the NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative, including research, assessments, and findings regarding the relationship between oceans and human health, on both a regional and national scale. The information, particularly with respect to potential health risks, shall be made available in a timely manner to appropriate Federal or State agencies, involved industries, and other interested persons through a variety of means, including through the Internet.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title IX, § 904, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2934; Pub. L. 114–327, title VI, § 601, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1998.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–327 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading, realigned margins, and struck out subsec. (b) which related to NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative annual report.