2020—Pub. L. 116–271 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section set out the purposes of this chapter.

Pub. L. 116–271, § 1(a), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3331, provided that: “This Act [enacting section 10371 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending this section, sections 3602 to 3604, 3606, 3607, 3610, 3611, and 3703 to 3706 of this title, and section 4057 of Title 42, repealing section 3608 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3704 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Coordinated Ocean Observations and Research Act of 2020’.”

Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12301, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1427, provided that: “This subtitle [subtitle C (§§ 12301–12312) of title XII of Pub. L. 111–11, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009’.”