[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 178 (Tuesday, December 3, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6788]
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AMENDING THE MARINE DEBRIS ACT TO REAUTHORIZE THE MARINE DEBRIS PROGRAM 
         OF THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 479, S. 3277.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 3277) to amend the Marine Debris Act to 
     reauthorize the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic 
     and Atmospheric Administration.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, 
which had been reported from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation.
  Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read 
a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered 
made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 3277) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, 
was read the third time, and passed as follows:

                                S. 3277

       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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