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Long title | An Act to establish a Commission on Ocean Policy, and for other purposes. |
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Acronyms (colloquial) | OA |
Enacted by | the 106th United States Congress |
Effective | January 20, 2001 |
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Public law | 106-256 |
Statutes at Large | 114 Stat. 644 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters |
U.S.C. sections created | 33 U.S.C. ch. 17, subch. I § 857–19 |
Legislative history | |
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The Oceans Act of 2000 established the United States Commission on Ocean Policy, a working group tasked with the development of what would be known as the National Oceans Report.
The objective of the report is to promote the following:
Responses from the executive branch to the commission's report are listed in a National Ocean Policy, sent to the legislative branch.
The act was passed by the United States Congress on July 25, 2000 and signed by the President a fortnight later.
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