2024 U.S. Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 48 - Ocean and Coastal Mapping Integration
Sec. 3504 - NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers
| 33 U.S.C. § 3504 (2024) |
| §3504. NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers |
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The Administrator may maintain and operate up to three joint ocean and coastal mapping centers, including a joint hydrographic center, which shall each be co-located with an institution of higher education. The centers shall serve as hydrographic centers of excellence and may conduct activities necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including— (1) research and development of innovative ocean and coastal mapping technologies, equipment, and data products; (2) mapping of the United States Outer Continental Shelf and other regions; (3) data processing for nontraditional data and uses; (4) advancing the use of remote sensing and uncrewed technologies, for related issues, including mapping and assessment of essential fish habitat and of coral resources, ocean observations, and ocean exploration; and (5) providing graduate education and training in ocean and coastal mapping sciences for members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, personnel of other agencies with ocean and coastal mapping programs, and civilian personnel. |
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(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, §12205, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1424; Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, §10307(d)(1), (2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3978.) |
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EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–263, §10307(d)(2), substituted "NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers" for "Plan" in section catchline, redesignated subsec. (c) as entire section, struck out subsec. (c) heading "NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers" before introductory provisions, and struck out subsecs. (a), (b), and (d) which related to development of a plan for an integrated ocean and coastal mapping initiative, requirements for the plan, and strategy for expanding contracting with non-governmental entities, respectively. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 117–263, §10307(d)(1), in subsec. (c) prior to its redesignation as entire section, substituted "three" for "3" in introductory provisions and inserted "and uncrewed" after "sensing" in par. (4). |
| United States Code, 2024 Edition, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS |
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| Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS CHAPTER 48 - OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION Sec. 3504 - NOAA joint ocean and coastal mapping centers |
| section 3504 |
| 2024 |
| January 6, 2025 |
| No |
| standard |
| 123 Stat. 1424 136 Stat. 3978 |
| Public Law 111-11, Public Law 117-263 |
