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One definition is struck and the rest 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 5, Sec. 5. Written by .

One definition is struck and the rest are renumbered

The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says

“(1) by striking paragraph (1); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (11), (12), and (13), respectively;”

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. 5

The definitions section of the Marine Debris Act, which section 4 of this Act moves and renumbers as section 131, is restructured. Paragraph (1) is struck and the six paragraphs that follow it become paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (11), (12) and (13). The numbers left free are the ones the definitions below are inserted at.

What the document actually says

“(1) by striking paragraph (1); (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (11), (12), and (13), respectively;”

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. 5
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One meaning is taken out of the list. Six more get new numbers.

What this is about

The list of meanings is being rebuilt. The new numbers leave gaps. New terms go into the gaps.

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  1. The document itself

    Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, Public Law 119-65, sec. 5, 139 Stat. 1989 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ65/html/PLAW-119publ65.htm

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    “One definition is struck and the rest are renumbered,” Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act, section 5, Sec. 5. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/save-our-seas-2-0-amendments-act/proposal/sec05-definitions-restructured/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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