Six of the new terms take their meaning from another statute
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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Six of the new terms take their meaning from another statute
The document says “means”Who acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 5 in the PDF
What the document says
“``(1) Circular economy.--The term `circular economy' has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116-224).”
Six terms recorded together here state no meaning of their own. Circular economy, EPA Administrator, nonprofit organization, post-consumer materials management and Under Secretary take the meanings they carry in section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116-224). Tribal organization takes the meaning it carries in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304). The paragraph quoted is the first of them. Indian Tribe is defined the same way and is recorded on its own below. Neither statute is indexed here, so what the terms mean is not recorded.
What the document actually says
“``(1) Circular economy.--The term `circular economy' has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act (Public Law 116-224).”
That sentence, in plain words
One new term is circular economy. This law does not say what it means. It points to a different law.
What this is about
Five more terms work the same way. Each points to another law. Those laws are not on this site, so the site does not say what the terms cover.
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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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“Six of the new terms take their meaning from another statute,” 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-terms-defined-by-reference/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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