15 USC § 2902 - Purpose

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s2902"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 2902 - Purpose"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "2902"
section_name: "Purpose"
chapter_number: 56
chapter_name: "NATIONAL CLIMATE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 95–367, § 3, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 601.)"
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# § 2902. Purpose

It is the purpose of the Congress in this chapter to establish a national climate program that will assist the Nation and the world to understand and respond to natural and man-induced climate processes and their implications.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 95–367, § 3, Sept. 17, 1978, 92 Stat. 601.)