2020 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 49 - Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System
Sec. 3602 - Definitions
| 33 U.S.C. § 3602 (2020) |
| §3602. Definitions |
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In this chapter: (1) AdministratorThe term "Administrator" means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere in the Under Secretary's capacity as Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The term "Council" means the National Ocean Research Leadership Council established by section 8932 of title 10. The term "Federal assets" means all relevant non-classified civilian coastal and ocean observations, technologies, and related modeling, research, data management, basic and applied technology research and development, and public education and outreach programs, that are managed by member agencies of the Council. The term "Interagency Ocean Observation Committee" means the committee established under section 3603(c)(2) of this title. The term "non-Federal assets" means all relevant coastal and ocean observation technologies, related basic and applied technology research and development, and public education and outreach programs that are managed through States, regional organizations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, or the private sector and integrated into the System by a regional coastal observing system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the agencies participating in the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee. The term "regional coastal observing system" means an organizational body that is certified or established by contract or memorandum by the lead Federal agency designated in section 3603(c)(3) of this title and coordinates State, Federal, local, tribal, and private interests at a regional level with the responsibility of engaging the private and public sectors in designing, operating, and improving regional coastal observing systems in order to ensure the provision of data and information that meet the needs of user groups from the respective regions. The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator. The term "System" means the National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System established under section 3603 of this title. The term "System Plan" means the plan contained in the document entitled "Ocean. US Publication No. 9, The First Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) Development Plan", as updated by the Council under this chapter. |
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(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12303, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1428; Pub. L. 116–271, title I, §102, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3333.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
2020—Par. (2). Pub. L. 116–271, §102(1), substituted "section 8932" for "section 7902". Par. (5). Pub. L. 116–271, §102(2), substituted "managed through States, regional organizations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, or the private sector and integrated into the System by a regional coastal observing system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the agencies participating in the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee" for "integrated into the System and are managed through States, regional organizations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, or the private sector". Par. (6). Pub. L. 116–271, §102(3), amended par. (6) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (6) related to regional information coordination entities. Par. (7). Pub. L. 116–271, §102(4), substituted "Administrator" for "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration". |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
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| Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 49 - INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM Sec. 3602 - Definitions |
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| 123 Stat. 1428 134 Stat. 3333 |
| Public Law 111-11, Public Law 116-271 |
