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33 U.S.C. § 4101 — Definitions
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In this chapter:
(1) **Administration** — The term “Administration” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) **Administrator** — The term “Administrator” means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) **Cooperative activities of the Administration** — The terms 11 So in original. Probably should be “term”. “cooperative activities of the Administration” means cooperative activities between the Administration and an external entity, such as the Cooperative Institutes, Sea Grant Colleges, National Estuarine Research Reserves, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program established under chapter 665 of title 10, and regional associations of the Integrated Ocean Observing System.
(4) **Data specifications** — The term “data specifications” shall refer to the type, resolution, periodicity, and quality of data required by an program of the Administration.
(5) **Test or training range**
(A) *In general* — The term “test or training range” means an area designated for operating unmanned maritime systems and other types of systems for the purpose of—
(i) evaluating the performance of such systems; or
(ii) training personnel on operating procedures for such systems.
(B) *Inclusions* — The term “test or training range” may include specialized fixed or portable instrumentation for the operation of unmanned maritime systems and other types of systems.
(6) **Unmanned maritime systems**
(A) *In general* — The term “unmanned maritime systems” means remotely operated or autonomous vehicles produced by the commercial sector—
(i) designed to function without an on-board human presence; and
(ii) that may include associated components such
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In this chapter:
(1) **Administration** — The term “Administration” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2) **Administrator** — The term “Administrator” means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(3) **Cooperative activities of the Administration** — The terms 11 So in original. Probably should be “term”. “cooperative activities of the Administration” means cooperative activities between the Administration and an external entity, such as the Cooperative Institutes, Sea Grant Colleges, National Estuarine Research Reserves, the National Oceanographic Partnership Program established under chapter 665 of title 10, and regional associations of the Integrated Ocean Observing System.
(4) **Data specifications** — The term “data specifications” shall refer to the type, resolution, periodicity, and quality of data required by an program of the Administration.
(5) **Test or training range**
(A) *In general* — The term “test or training range” means an area designated for operating unmanned maritime systems and other types of systems for the purpose of—
(i) evaluating the performance of such systems; or
(ii) training personnel on operating procedures for such systems.
(B) *Inclusions* — The term “test or training range” may include specialized fixed or portable instrumentation for the operation of unmanned maritime systems and other types of systems.
(6) **Unmanned maritime systems**
(A) *In general* — The term “unmanned maritime systems” means remotely operated or autonomous vehicles produced by the commercial sector—
(i) designed to function without an on-board human presence; and
(ii) that may include associated components such as control and communications, instrumentation, data transmission, and processing systems.
(B) *Examples* — The term “unmanned maritime systems” includes the following:
(i) Unmanned undersea vehicles.
(ii) Unmanned surface vehicles.
(iii) Autonomous underwater vehicles.
(iv) Autonomous surface vehicles.
(C) *Treatment of aerial vehicles* — The term “unmanned maritime systems” includes unmanned aerial vehicles and autonomous aerial vehicles that are used to address maritime issues to the extent the Administrator determines it is necessary and appropriate to achieve the purposes of this chapter.
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In this chapter, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Actively tethered unmanned aircraft system.—** — The term “actively tethered unmanned aircraft system” means an unmanned aircraft system in which the unmanned aircraft component—
(A) weighs 55 pounds or less, including payload but not including the tether;
(B) is physically attached to a ground station with a taut, appropriately load-rated tether that provides continuous power to the unmanned aircraft and is unlikely to be separated from the unmanned aircraft;
(C) is controlled and retrieved by such ground station through physical manipulation of the tether;
(D) is able to maintain safe flight control in the event of a power or flight control failure during flight; and
(E) is programmed to initiate a controlled landing in the event of a tether separation.
(2) **Appropriate committees of congress.—** — The term “appropriate committees of Congress” means the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives.
(3) **Arctic.—** — The term “Arctic” means the United States zone of the Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea, and Bering Sea north of the Aleutian chain.
(4) **Certificate of waiver; certificate of authorization.—** — The terms “certificate of waiver” and “certificate of authorization” mean a Federal Aviation Administration grant of approval for a specific flight operation.
(5) **Counter-UAS system.—** — The term “counter-UAS system” means a system or device capable of lawfully and safely disabling, disrupting, or seizing control of an unmanned aircraft or unmanned aircraft system.
(6) **Permanent areas.—** — The term “permanent areas” means areas on land or water that provide for launch, recovery, and
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**(a) Unmanned System Program.—** Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish, under the control of the Commandant, an unmanned system program for the use by the Coast Guard of land-based, cutter-based, and aircraft-based unmanned systems for the purpose of increasing effectiveness and efficiency of mission execution.
**(b) Autonomous Control and Computer Vision Technology Project.—**
(1) **In general.—** — The Commandant shall conduct a project to retrofit up to 4 existing Coast Guard small boats deployed at operational units with—
(A) commercially available autonomous control and computer vision technology; and
(B) such sensors and methods of communication as are necessary to control, and technology to assist in conducting, search and rescue, surveillance, and interdiction missions.
(2) **Data collection.—** — As part of the project required under paragraph (1), the Commandant shall collect and evaluate field-collected operational data from the retrofit described in such paragraph to inform future requirements.
(3) **Briefing.—** — Not later than 180 days after the date on which the project required under paragraph (1) is completed, the Commandant shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a briefing in person or in writing on the project that includes an evaluation of the data collected from the project.
**(c) Unmanned System Defined.—** In this section, the term “unmanned system” means—
(1) an unmanned aircraft system (as such term is defined in [section 44801 of title 49](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section44801&num=0&edition=prelim
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**(a) In general** In order to support advances in marine science, maritime domain awareness, and national security the Director, in consultation with the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall issue awards, on a competitive basis, to institutions of higher education or nonprofit organizations (or consortia of such institutions or organizations) to support research that will accelerate innovation to advance unmanned maritime systems for the purpose of providing greater maritime domain awareness to the Nation.
**(b) Coordination** In implementing this section, the Director shall coordinate with the Coast Guard, the Department of Defense, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other Federal agencies, including those established under the Commercial Engagement Through Ocean Technology Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–394) [[33 U.S.C. 4101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section4101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 4101
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materials, or equipment that the appro-
priate Federal official considers necessary
for the purposes described in subparagraph
(A). Any funds donated to an appropriate
Federal official under this paragraph may be
expended without further appropriation and
without fiscal year limitation.
(2) Determinations
(A) In general
At the discretion of an appropriate Federal
official, or at the request of the Governor of
an affected State, an appropriate Federal of-
ficial shall determine whether a hypoxia or
harmful algal bloom event is an event of na-
tional significance.
(B) Considerations
In making a determination under subpara-
graph (A), the appropriate Federal official
shall consider the toxicity of the harmful
algal bloom, the severity of the hypoxia, its
potential to spread, the economic impact,
the relative size in relation to the past 5 oc-
currences of harmful algal blooms or hy-
poxia events that occur on a recurrent or an-
nual basis, and the geographic scope, includ-
ing the potential to affect several munici-
palities, to affect more than 1 State, or to
cross an international boundary.
(3) Definitions
In this subsection:
(A) Appropriate federal official
The term ‘‘appropriate Federal official’’
means—
(i) in the case of a marine or coastal hy-
poxia or harmful algal bloom event, the
Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
and Atmosphere; and
(ii) in the case of a freshwater hypoxia or
harmful algal bloom event, the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
(B) Event of national significance
The term ‘‘event of national significance’’
means a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom
event that has had or will likely have a sig-
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