The Marine Debris Act gains a Subtitle A and four sections are renumbered
To amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2.
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The Marine Debris Act gains a Subtitle A and four sections are renumbered
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109-449) is amended-- (1) by inserting before section 3 the following: ``Subtitle A--NOAA And Coast Guard Programs''; and (2) by redesignating sections 3 through 6 as sections 101 through 104, respectively.”
The section operates by amendment. It puts a heading, Subtitle A, NOAA And Coast Guard Programs, into the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109-449) before that Act's section 3, and renumbers sections 3 through 6 as sections 101 through 104. The rest of this Act cites those provisions by the new numbers.
What the document actually says
“The Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109-449) is amended-- (1) by inserting before section 3 the following: ``Subtitle A--NOAA And Coast Guard Programs''; and (2) by redesignating sections 3 through 6 as sections 101 through 104, respectively.”
That sentence, in plain words
An old law about sea trash is changed. A new heading goes in. Four of its parts get new numbers.
What this is about
The old law is the Marine Debris Act. Its parts 3 to 6 become parts 101 to 104. The rest of this law uses the new numbers.
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Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, Public Law 119-65, sec. 2, 139 Stat. 1986 (2025). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ65/html/PLAW-119publ65.htm
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“The Marine Debris Act gains a Subtitle A and four sections are renumbered,” Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, section 2, Sec. 2. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-our-seas-2-0-amendments-act/proposal/sec02-subtitle-a-and-renumbering/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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