---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch33A"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 33A"
heading: "Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch33A"
sections_count: 26
---

# Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

## Sections

- [§1951. Purpose](/usc/33/1951.md)

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Noaa and Coast Guard Programs](/usc/33/ch33A-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Marine Debris Foundation](/usc/33/ch33A-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations](/usc/33/ch33A-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Administration](/usc/33/ch33A-schIV.md)