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legal/us/code/title-16/chapter-32a/section-1447.md

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+title: "16 U.S.C. § 1447"
+description: "Purposes"
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+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 16
+title_name: "CONSERVATION"
+chapter_number: "32A"
+chapter_name: "REGIONAL MARINE RESEARCH PROGRAMS"
+section: "1447"
+citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1447"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1447"
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+---
+
+# 16 U.S.C. § 1447 - Purposes
+
+## Text
+
+The purpose of this chapter is to establish regional research programs, under effective Federal oversight, to—
+
+(1) set priorities for regional marine and coastal research in support of efforts to safeguard the water quality and ecosystem health of each region; and
+
+(2) carry out such research through grants and improved coordination.
+
+(Pub. L. 92–532, title IV, § 401, as added Pub. L. 101–593, title III, § 301, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2963.)