2014 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 48 - Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration (Sections 3501 - 3507)
Sec. 3502 - Interagency committee on ocean and coastal mapping
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 48 - OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION Sec. 3502 - Interagency committee on ocean and coastal mapping |
Contains | section 3502 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 111-11, title XII, §12203, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1423. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 123 Stat. 1423 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-11 |
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The Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, within 30 days after March 30, 2009, shall convene or utilize an existing interagency committee on ocean and coastal mapping to implement section 3501 of this title.
(b) MembershipThe committee shall be comprised of senior representatives from Federal agencies with ocean and coastal mapping and surveying responsibilities. The representatives shall be high-ranking officials of their respective agencies or departments and, whenever possible, the head of the portion of the agency or department that is most relevant to the purposes of this chapter. Membership shall include senior representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Chief of Naval Operations, the United States Geological Survey, the Minerals Management Service, the National Science Foundation, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and other appropriate Federal agencies involved in ocean and coastal mapping.
(c) Co-chairmenThe Committee shall be co-chaired by the representative of the Department of Commerce and a representative of the Department of the Interior.
(d) SubcommitteeThe co-chairmen shall establish a subcommittee to carry out the day-to-day work of the Committee, comprised of senior representatives of any member agency of the committee. Working groups may be formed by the full Committee to address issues of short duration. The subcommittee shall be chaired by the representative from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The chairmen of the Committee may create such additional subcommittees and working groups as may be needed to carry out the work of Committee.
(e) MeetingsThe committee shall meet on a quarterly basis, but each subcommittee and each working group shall meet on an as-needed basis.
(f) CoordinationThe committee shall coordinate activities when appropriate, with—
(1) other Federal efforts, including the Digital Coast, Geospatial One-Stop, and the Federal Geographic Data Committee;
(2) international mapping activities;
(3) coastal states;
(4) user groups through workshops and other appropriate mechanisms; and
(5) representatives of nongovernmental entities.
(g) Advisory panelThe Administrator may convene an ocean and coastal mapping advisory panel consisting of representatives from non-governmental entities to provide input regarding activities of the committee in consultation with the interagency committee.
(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12203, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1423.)
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSThe Minerals Management Service was abolished and functions divided among the Office of Natural Resources Revenue, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. See Secretary of the Interior Orders No. 3299 of May 19, 2010, and No. 3302 of June 18, 2010, and chapters II, V, and XII of title 30, Code of Federal Regulations, as revised by final rules of the Department of the Interior at 75 F.R. 61051 and 76 F.R. 64432.
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