---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 3825"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "3825"
heading: "Scientific and technical research and monitoring; communication and information"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/3825"
units:
  - "Chapter 51 — Clean Hulls"
  - "Subchapter II — Implementation of the Convention"
---

# §3825. Scientific and technical research and monitoring; communication and information


The [Secretary](/usc/33/3801.md?p=10), the [Administrator](/usc/33/3801.md?p=1), and the [Administrator](/usc/33/3801.md?p=1) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration may each undertake scientific and technical research and monitoring pursuant to article 8 of the [Convention](/usc/33/3801.md?p=3) and to promote the availability of relevant information concerning—

- (1) scientific and technical activities undertaken in accordance with the [Convention](/usc/33/3801.md?p=3);
- (2) marine scientific and technological programs and their objectives; and
- (3) the effects observed from any monitoring and assessment programs relating to [antifouling systems](/usc/33/3801.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1025, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3027.)