A parenthetical cross reference is struck from paragraph (8)(D)
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.
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A parenthetical cross reference is struck from paragraph (8)(D)
The document says “is amended”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“Paragraph (8)(D) of section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109-449), as transferred and redesignated by this Act, is amended by striking ``(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))''.”
The parenthetical cross reference in paragraph (8)(D) of section 131, the definition moved by the subsection above, is struck. The provision it pointed to, section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304), is the same one this section attaches at the head of the definitions to the terms Indian Tribe and Tribal organization.
What the document actually says
“Paragraph (8)(D) of section 131 of the Marine Debris Act (Public Law 109-449), as transferred and redesignated by this Act, is amended by striking ``(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304))''.”
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A pointer inside one line is taken out. It pointed to a part of another law.
What this is about
The same pointer now sits higher up in the list. Two terms up there use it. So it did not need to be in both places.
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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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“A parenthetical cross reference is struck from paragraph (8)(D),” 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-non-federal-funds-cross-reference/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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