The Board must recommend candidates to the Under Secretary
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.
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The Board must recommend candidates to the Under Secretary
The document says “shall”Who acts: the Board of the Marine Debris FoundationHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(1) Recommendations of board regarding appointments.--For appointments made under paragraph (2), the Board shall submit to the Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for appointment.''”
A new paragraph (1) inserted at the head of section 112(b) of the Marine Debris Act. For the appointments made under the paragraph that follows it, the Board must send the Under Secretary its recommendations on candidates. The paragraphs that were (1) through (5) become (2) through (6).
What the document actually says
“``(1) Recommendations of board regarding appointments.--For appointments made under paragraph (2), the Board shall submit to the Under Secretary recommendations on candidates for appointment.''”
That sentence, in plain words
The Board must send in names. It sends them to the Under Secretary. They are names of people who could be picked.
What this is about
The Board runs the Foundation. The rule after this one covers how members are picked. This rule is new: the Board now says who it wants.
No action is recorded against this proposal. That is not evidence that none has been taken, and nobody has yet read it against the record. See what the tracker does not yet cover.
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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“The Board must recommend candidates to the Under Secretary,” 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-board-recommends-candidates/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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