# § 3404. Education, workforce training, and outreach
**(a)** **In general** The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall—
**(1)** conduct education and outreach efforts in order to broadly disseminate information to the public on the discoveries made by the program under section 3402 of this title;
**(2)** to the extent possible, coordinate the efforts described in paragraph (1) with the outreach strategies of other domestic or international ocean mapping, exploration, and characterization initiatives; and
**(3)** establish a fellowship program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide year-long fellowships to undergraduate students from institutions described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.
**(b)** **Education and outreach efforts** Efforts described in subsection (a)(1) may include—
**(1)** education of the general public, teachers, students, and ocean and coastal resource managers; and
**(2)** workforce training, reskilling, and opportunities to encourage development of ocean-related science, technology, engineering, and mathematics technical training programs involving secondary schools, community colleges, and universities, including institutions described in section 1067q(a) of title 20.
**1** **Outreach strategy** [^1]section 3402 of this title
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the National Ocean Exploration Act, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall develop an outreach strategy to broadly disseminate information on the discoveries made by the program under .
See References in Text note below.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12004, as added Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10305(e)(1), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3973.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
The date of the enactment of the National Ocean Exploration Act, referred to in subsec. (c), probably means the date of enactment of , which was approved . Prior versions of the bill that was enacted into law as title CIII of div. J of included such Short Title, but it was not enacted as part of .
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 3404, , , , related to an ocean exploration and undersea research technology and infrastructure task force, prior to repeal by , , .