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§ 3701. PurposesThe purposes of this chapter are to provide for—
(1) development coordination 1
1 So in original.
and implementation of a comprehensive interagency plan to—(A) monitor and conduct research on the processes and consequences of ocean acidification and coastal acidification on marine organisms and ecosystems; and
(B) maintain and advise an interagency research, monitoring, and public outreach program on ocean acidification and coastal acidification;
(2) maintenance of an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(3) assessment and consideration of regional and national ecosystem and socioeconomic impacts of increased ocean acidification and coastal acidification; and
(4) research adaptation strategies and mitigating the impacts of ocean and coastal acidification and related co-stressors on marine ecosystems.
(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12402, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1436; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, § 10642, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1672.)