2015 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters (Sections 1 - 4009)
Chapter 22 - Sea Grant Colleges and Marine Science Development (Sections 1101 - 1131)
Subchapter I - Marine Resources and Engineering Development (Sections 1101 - 1108)
Sec. 1107 - Definitions

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 22 - SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER I - MARINE RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT
Sec. 1107 - Definitions
Containssection 1107
Date2015
Laws In Effect As Of DateJanuary 3, 2016
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 89-454, title I, §8, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 89-688, §2(b), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1001.
Statutes at Large Reference80 Stat. 208, 1001
Public and Private LawPublic Law 89-454, Public Law 89-688

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33 U.S.C. § 1107 (2015)
§1107. Definitions

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term "marine science" shall be deemed to apply to oceanographic and scientific endeavors and disciplines, and engineering and technology in and with relation to the marine environment; and the term "marine environment" shall be deemed to include (a) the oceans, (b) the Continental Shelf of the United States, (c) the Great Lakes, (d) seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of the United States to the depth of two hundred meters, or beyond that limit, to where the depths of the superjacent waters admit of the exploitation of the natural resources of such areas, (e) the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas adjacent to the coasts of islands which comprise United States territory, and (f) the resources thereof.

(Pub. L. 89–454, title I, §8, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 89–688, §2(b), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1001.)

AMENDMENTS

1966—Pub. L. 89–688 substituted "this title" for "this Act", which, for purposes of codification, has been changed to "this subchapter".

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