2012 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 17 - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION (§§ 851 - 893c)
Subchapter IV - NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES (§§ 892 - 892d)
Section 892 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 17 - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION SUBCHAPTER IV - NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES Sec. 892 - Definitions |
Contains | section 892 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, see section 301 of Pub. L. 105-384, set out as a Short Title of 1998 Amendment note under section 851 of this title.</p> |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 105-384, title III, §302, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3454; Pub. L. 107-372, title I, §102, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3079; Pub. L. 110-386, §2, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4106. |
Statutes at Large References | 61 Stat. 787 112 Stat. 3454 116 Stat. 3079 122 Stat. 4106 |
Public Law References | Public Law 105-384, Public Law 107-372, Public Law 110-386 |
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In this subchapter:
(1) AdministratorThe term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) AdministrationThe term “Administration” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) Hydrographic dataThe term “hydrographic data” means information that—
(A) is acquired through—
(i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photogrammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, or shoreline and other ocean- and coastal-related surveying;
(ii) geodetic, geospatial, or geomagnetic measurements;
(iii) tide, water level, and current observations; or
(iv) other methods; and
(B) is used in providing hydrographic services.
(4) Hydrographic servicesThe term “hydrographic services” means—
(A) the management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, and current information, including the production of nautical charts, nautical information databases, and other products derived from hydrographic data;
(B) the development of nautical information systems; and
(C) related activities.
(5) Coast and Geodetic Survey ActThe term “Coast and Geodetic Survey Act” means the Act entitled “An Act to define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes”, approved August 6, 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).
(Pub. L. 105–384, title III, §302, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3454; Pub. L. 107–372, title I, §102, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3079; Pub. L. 110–386, §2, Oct. 10, 2008, 122 Stat. 4106.)
References in TextThis subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of Pub. L. 105–384, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3454, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of this title to the Code, see Short Title of 1998 Amendment note set out under section 851 of this title and Tables.
Act of August 6, 1947, referred to in par. (5), is act Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, 61 Stat. 787, as amended, which is classified generally to subchapter II of this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Amendments2008—Pars. (3) to (5). Pub. L. 110–386, which directed the amendment of section “303 of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 (33 U.S.C. 892)” by adding pars. (3) to (5) and striking out former pars. (3) to (5), was executed to this section, which is section 302 of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. Prior to amendment, pars. (3) to (5) defined the terms “hydrographic data”, “hydrographic services”, and “Act of 1947”, respectively.
2002—Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–372, §102(1), inserted “, geospatial, or geomagnetic” after “geodetic”.
Par. (4). Pub. L. 107–372, §102(2), inserted “geospatial, geomagnetic,” after “geodetic,”.
Short TitleFor short title of this subchapter as the “Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998”, see section 301 of Pub. L. 105–384, set out as a Short Title of 1998 Amendment note under section 851 of this title.
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