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[CITE: 33USC2804]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                 CHAPTER 41--NATIONAL COASTAL MONITORING
 
Sec. 2804. Report to Congress

    On September 30 of each other year beginning in 1993, the 
Administrator and the Under Secretary shall jointly submit to the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on 
Environment and Public Works of the Senate and the Committee on Merchant 
Marine and Fisheries and the Committee on Public Works and 
Transportation of the House of Representatives a report describing the 
condition of the Nation's coastal ecosystems, including the following:
        (1) an assessment of the status and health of the Nation's 
    coastal ecosystems;
        (2) an evaluation of environmental trends in coastal ecosystems;
        (3) identification of sources of enironmental \1\ degradation 
    affecting coastal ecosystems;
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        (4) an assessment of the extent to which floatables degrade 
    coastal ecosystems, including trends in the accumulation of 
    floatables and the threat posed by floatables to aquatic life;
        (5) an assessment of the impact of government programs designed 
    to abate the degradation of coastal ecosystems: \2\
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        (6) an evaluation of the adequacy of monitoring programs and 
    identification of any additional program elements which may be 
    needed; and
        (7) a summary of monitoring results in areas monitored under 
    subsection \3\ 2803(d) of this title.
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(Pub. L. 92-532, title V, Sec. 504, as added Pub. L. 102-567, title V, 
Sec. 501, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4299.)

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Public Works and Transportation of House of 
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure of House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 
104-14, set out as a note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.

      Abolition of House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries

    Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of House of 
Representatives abolished and its jurisdiction transferred by House 
Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Jan. 4, 1995. For 
treatment of references to Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 
see section 1(b)(3) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note preceding 
section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
