[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6781 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6781

To amend the Marine Debris Act to reauthorize the Marine Debris Program 
        of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2023

   Ms. Bonamici (for herself and Mrs. Gonzalez-Colon) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation 
    and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Natural 
 Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
 in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Marine Debris Act to reauthorize the Marine Debris Program 
        of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM OF THE NATIONAL 
              OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

    Section 9(a) of the Marine Debris Act (33 U.S.C. 1958(a)) is 
amended by striking ``for'' the first place it appears and all that 
follows through ``carrying out'' and inserting ``for each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2028 for carrying out''.
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