2000 U.S. Code
Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 17 - NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 858 - Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments

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§858. Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly prescribe regulations governing the duties to be performed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in time of war, and for the cooperation of that service with the military departments in time of peace in preparation for its duties in war, which regulations shall not be effective unless approved by each of those Secretaries, and included therein may be rules and regulations for making reports and communications between a military department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(May 22, 1917, ch. 20, §16, 40 Stat. 88; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, §205(a), 61 Stat. 501; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318; Pub. L. 89–657, §1(2), Oct. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 907; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)

Codification

Section is part of section 16 of act May 22, 1917. Section 16 is also classified to sections 854, 855, 856 and 857 of this title.

Amendments

1966—Pub. L. 89–657 substituted the Secretary of Defense for the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy as the Secretary designated to prescribe regulations jointly with the Secretary of Commerce, the Environmental Science Services Administration for the Coast and Geodetic Survey as the agency involved, and the military departments for the Department of the Army and the Navy Department as the departments with which the Environmental Science Services Administration shall cooperate.

Change of Name

The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued the Department of the Army under the administrative supervision of a Secretary of the Army.

Transfer of Functions

Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Weather Bureau to form a new agency in Department of Commerce to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration, and commissioned officers of Survey transferred to ESSA, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318, set out as a note under section 851 of this title. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to Secretary of Commerce all functions of Coast and Geodetic Survey and Director of Survey. Subsequently, Environmental Science Services Administration abolished, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration established, and Commissioned Officer Corps of ESSA redesignated Commissioned Officer Corps of NOAA by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. For further details, see note set out under section 851 of this title.

Termination of War and Emergencies

Joint Res. July 25, 1947, ch. 327, §3, 61 Stat. 451, provided that in the interpretation of sections 855, 856, 857, and 858 of this title, the date July 25, 1947, shall be deemed to be the date of termination of any state of war theretofore declared by the Congress and of the national emergencies proclaimed by the President on Sept. 8, 1939, and May 27, 1941.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 854a–1 of this title.