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Money is authorized for fiscal year 2025 and the list of bodies is widened

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 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

Money is authorized for fiscal year 2025 and the list of bodies is widened

The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025'' after ``through 2024''; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and State and local government agencies'' and inserting ``, State and local government agencies, regional organizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and foreign governments''.”

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, Sec. 3

Two changes to section 118(a) of the Marine Debris Act, on the money authorized in connection with the Foundation. Paragraph (1) gains $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025 after its reference to 2024, and in paragraph (2) the phrase and State and local government agencies is replaced by a longer list that adds regional organizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations and foreign governments.

What the document actually says

“(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2025'' after ``through 2024''; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and State and local government agencies'' and inserting ``, State and local government agencies, regional organizations, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and foreign governments''.”

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, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

Two million dollars is added for the year 2025. A list of bodies is also made longer. Tribes and governments abroad are now on it.

What this is about

This part sets a top amount. It is not the money itself. The cash is only there once Congress hands it over.

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  1. The document itself

    Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, Public Law 119-65, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 1987 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ65/html/PLAW-119publ65.htm

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    “Money is authorized for fiscal year 2025 and the list of bodies is widened,” Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-our-seas-2-0-amendments-act/proposal/sec03-authorization-fiscal-year-2025/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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