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33 U.S.C. § 1973 — Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations
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**(a) In general**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 1 year after December 18, 2020, the Secretary shall establish under [section 3719 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3719&num=0&edition=prelim) a prize competition—
(A) to encourage technological innovation with the potential to reduce plastic waste, and associated and potential pollution, and thereby prevent marine debris; and
(B) to award 1 or more prizes biennially for projects that advance human understanding and innovation in removing and preventing plastic waste, in one of the categories described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Categories for projects** — The categories for projects are:
(A) Advancements in materials used in packaging and other products that, if such products enter the coastal or ocean environment, will fully degrade without harming the environment, wildlife, or human health.
(B) Innovations in production and packaging design that reduce the use of raw materials, increase recycled content, encourage reusability and recyclability, and promote a circular economy.
(C) Improvements in marine debris detection, monitoring, and cleanup technologies and processes.
(D) Improvements or improved strategies to increase solid waste collection, processing, sorting, recycling, or reuse.
(E) New designs or strategies to reduce overall packaging needs and promote reuse.
**(b) Designation** The prize competition established under subsection (a) shall be known as the “Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations”.
**(c) Prioritization** In selecting awards for the prize competition, priority shall be given to projects that—
(1) have a strategy, submitted with the application or proposal, to move the new technology, process, design, material,
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**(a) In general**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 1 year after December 18, 2020, the Secretary shall establish under [section 3719 of title 15](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3719&num=0&edition=prelim) a prize competition—
(A) to encourage technological innovation with the potential to reduce plastic waste, and associated and potential pollution, and thereby prevent marine debris; and
(B) to award 1 or more prizes biennially for projects that advance human understanding and innovation in removing and preventing plastic waste, in one of the categories described in paragraph (2).
(2) **Categories for projects** — The categories for projects are:
(A) Advancements in materials used in packaging and other products that, if such products enter the coastal or ocean environment, will fully degrade without harming the environment, wildlife, or human health.
(B) Innovations in production and packaging design that reduce the use of raw materials, increase recycled content, encourage reusability and recyclability, and promote a circular economy.
(C) Improvements in marine debris detection, monitoring, and cleanup technologies and processes.
(D) Improvements or improved strategies to increase solid waste collection, processing, sorting, recycling, or reuse.
(E) New designs or strategies to reduce overall packaging needs and promote reuse.
**(b) Designation** The prize competition established under subsection (a) shall be known as the “Genius Prize for Save Our Seas Innovations”.
**(c) Prioritization** In selecting awards for the prize competition, priority shall be given to projects that—
(1) have a strategy, submitted with the application or proposal, to move the new technology, process, design, material, or other product supported by the prize to market-scale deployment;
(2) support the concept of a circular economy; and
(3) promote development of materials that—
(A) can fully degrade in the ocean without harming the environment, wildlife, or human health; and
(B) are to be used in fishing gear or other maritime products that have an increased likelihood of entering the coastal or ocean environment as unintentional waste.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agency** — The term “agency” means a Federal agency.
(2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
(3) **Federal agency** — The term “Federal agency” has the meaning given under [section 3703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section3703&num=0&edition=prelim), except that term shall not include any agency of the legislative branch of the Federal Government.
(4) **Head of an agency** — The term “head of an agency” means the head of a Federal agency.
**(b) In general** Each head of an agency, or the heads of multiple agencies in cooperation, may carry out a program to award prizes competitively to stimulate innovation that has the potential to advance the mission of the respective agency.
**(c) Prize competitions** For purposes of this section, a prize competition may be 1 or more of the following types of activities:
(1) A point solution prize that rewards and spurs the development of solutions for a particular, well-defined problem.
(2) An exposition prize competition that helps identify and promote a broad range of ideas and practices that may not otherwise attract attention, facilitating further development of the idea or practice by third parties.
(3) Participation prize competitions that create value during and after the competition by encouraging contestants to change their behavior or develop new skills that may have beneficial effects during and after the competition.
(4) Such other types of prize competitions as each head of an agency considers appropriate to stimulate innovation that has the potential to advance the mission of the respective agency.
**(d) Topics** In selecting topics for prize compet
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Not later than 60 days after the date on which a cash prize is awarded under this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall post on a publicly available website a report on the prize competition that includes—
(1) if the Secretary has entered into an agreement under [section 1973 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1973&num=0&edition=prelim), a statement by the Marine Debris Foundation that describes the activities carried out by the Marine Debris Foundation relating to the duties described in [section 1973 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1973&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(2) a statement by 1 or more of the judges appointed under [section 1974 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1974&num=0&edition=prelim) that explains the basis on which the winner of the cash prize was selected.
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