{"data":{"id":"us/33-u.s.c.-3701","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"33 U.S.C. § 3701","heading":"Purposes","body":"The purposes of this chapter are to provide for—(1) development coordination 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.","path":["Title 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS","CHAPTER 50—FEDERAL OCEAN ACIDIFICATION RESEARCH AND MONITORING"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc33@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:59:09Z","sha256":"a5de255c4933644df404339d5fc50be085a4421e0fb75385d920f6012614be1f","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/33-u.s.c.-3613","next":"us/33-u.s.c.-3702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}