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Code · U.S. Code · Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS · CHAPTER 33A— MARINE DEBRIS RESEARCH, PREVENTION, AND REDUCTION · SUBCHAPTER III— GENIUS PRIZE FOR SAVE OUR SEAS INNOVATIONS · § 1977

§ 1977. Termination of authority

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The prize program will terminate after 5 prize competition cycles have been completed.
(Pub. L. 109–449, § 127, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 127, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1083; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 127, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 4(a), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1989.)
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