Appointments to the Board need the approval of the Secretary of Commerce
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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Appointments to the Board need the approval of the Secretary of Commerce
The document says “is amended”Who acts: Secretary of CommerceHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says
“by inserting ``and with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce,'' after ``by the Board,'';”
Three amendments put the Secretary of Commerce into appointments under section 112(b) of the Marine Debris Act. The words quoted are inserted in paragraph (2), as redesignated; with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce is inserted after the Board in paragraph (4)(A); and the same words are inserted after EPA Administrator in paragraph (6). The provisions those phrases sit in are in the amended statute, which is not indexed here.
What the document actually says
“by inserting ``and with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce,'' after ``by the Board,'';”
That sentence, in plain words
Words are added to a rule about picking people. They say the Secretary of Commerce must agree.
What this is about
The same words are added in three places. Each place is about a seat on the Board. One person now has a say over all three.
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