FEDERAL · 33 U.S.C. · Chapter 50
NSF ocean acidification activities
Current through Pub. L. 119-102
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters·Ch. 50 — FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING
(a)Research activities
The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean acidification and coastal acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research, observation, and monitoring of ocean acidification and coastal acidification and their respective impacts, including—
(1)impacts on marine organisms, including species cultured for aquaculture, and marine ecosystems;
(2)impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine biogeochemistry;
(3)the development of methodologies and technologies to evaluate ocean acidification and coastal acidification and their respective impacts; and
(4)impacts of multiple stressors on ecosystems exhibiting hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, or sediment delivery, combined
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(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12407, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1441; Pub. L. 116–271, title I, §112, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3344; Pub. L. 117–167, div. B, title VI, §10647, Aug. 9, 2022, 136 Stat. 1680.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(1), substituted "ocean acidification and coastal acidification" for "ocean acidification" wherever appearing in text.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(2)(A), substituted "their respective impacts" for "its impacts" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(2)(B), substituted "and their respective impacts" for "and its impacts".
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(2)(C), (D), added par. (5).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(3), added subsec. (d).
2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–271 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts, including—
"(1) impacts on marine organisms and marine ecosystems;
"(2) impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine biogeochemistry; and
"(3) the development of methodologies and technologies to evaluate ocean acidification and its impacts."
Amendments
2022—Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(1), substituted "ocean acidification and coastal acidification" for "ocean acidification" wherever appearing in text.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(2)(A), substituted "their respective impacts" for "its impacts" in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(2)(B), substituted "and their respective impacts" for "and its impacts".
Subsec. (a)(5). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(2)(C), (D), added par. (5).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 117–167, §10647(3), added subsec. (d).
2020—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–271 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Director of the National Science Foundation shall continue to carry out research activities on ocean acidification which shall support competitive, merit-based, peer-reviewed proposals for research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its impacts, including—
"(1) impacts on marine organisms and marine ecosystems;
"(2) impacts on ocean, coastal, and estuarine biogeochemistry; and
"(3) the development of methodologies and technologies to evaluate ocean acidification and its impacts."