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42 U.S.C. § 9165 — Relationship to other laws
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**(a) Facilities and plantships as comparable to areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction located within a State**
(1) The Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States shall apply to an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship licensed under this chapter and all of which is located seaward of the highwater mark, and to activities connected, associated, or potentially interfering with the use or operation of any such facility or plantship, in the same manner as if such facility or plantship were an area of exclusive Federal jurisdiction located within a State. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve, exempt, or immunize any person from any other requirement imposed by Federal law, regulation, or treaty.
(2) Ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships licensed under this chapter do not possess the status of islands and have no territorial seas of their own.
**(b) Responsibilities and authorities of States or United States within territorial seas; applicability of State law to facilities located beyond territorial seas**
(1) Except as may otherwise be provided by this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall in any way alter the responsibilities and authorities of a State or the United States within the territorial seas of the United States.
(2) The law of the nearest adjacent coastal State to which an ocean thermal energy conversion facility located beyond the territorial sea and licensed under this chapter is connected by electric transmission cable or pipeline, now in effect or hereafter adopted, amended, or repealed, is declared to be the law of the United States, and shall apply to such facility, to the extent applicable and not inconsistent with any provision or regulation under this chapter or other Federal laws an
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**(a) Facilities and plantships as comparable to areas of exclusive Federal jurisdiction located within a State**
(1) The Constitution, laws, and treaties of the United States shall apply to an ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship licensed under this chapter and all of which is located seaward of the highwater mark, and to activities connected, associated, or potentially interfering with the use or operation of any such facility or plantship, in the same manner as if such facility or plantship were an area of exclusive Federal jurisdiction located within a State. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve, exempt, or immunize any person from any other requirement imposed by Federal law, regulation, or treaty.
(2) Ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships licensed under this chapter do not possess the status of islands and have no territorial seas of their own.
**(b) Responsibilities and authorities of States or United States within territorial seas; applicability of State law to facilities located beyond territorial seas**
(1) Except as may otherwise be provided by this chapter, nothing in this chapter shall in any way alter the responsibilities and authorities of a State or the United States within the territorial seas of the United States.
(2) The law of the nearest adjacent coastal State to which an ocean thermal energy conversion facility located beyond the territorial sea and licensed under this chapter is connected by electric transmission cable or pipeline, now in effect or hereafter adopted, amended, or repealed, is declared to be the law of the United States, and shall apply to such facility, to the extent applicable and not inconsistent with any provision or regulation under this chapter or other Federal laws and regulations now in effect or hereafter adopted, amended, or repealed: Provided, however, That the application of State taxation laws is not extended hereby outside the seaward boundary of any State. All such applicable laws shall be administered and enforced by the appropriate officers and courts of the United States outside the seaward boundary of any State.
**(c) Customs laws**
(1) For the purposes of the customs laws administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, ocean thermal energy conversion facilities and plantships documented under the laws of the United States and licensed under this chapter shall be deemed to be vessels.
(2) Except insofar as they apply to vessels documented under the laws of the United States, the customs laws administered by the Secretary of the Treasury, including the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ([19 U.S.C. 1202](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section1202&num=0&edition=prelim)), and other laws codified in title 19, shall not apply to any ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship documented under the laws of the United States and licensed under the provisions of this chapter, but all foreign articles to be used in the construction of any such facility or plantship, including any component thereof, shall first be made subject to all applicable duties and taxes which would be imposed upon or by reason of their importation if they were imported for consumption in the United States. Duties and taxes shall be paid thereon in accordance with laws applicable to merchandise imported into the customs territory of the United States.
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### Statutory Notes
#### Publication of Harmonized Tariff Schedule
The Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States is not published in the Code. A current version of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule is maintained and published periodically by the United States International Trade Commission and is available at their website and for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.
#### Reference to Tariff Schedules To Be Treated as Reference to Harmonized Tariff Schedule
Reference in any law to “Tariff Schedules of the United States”, “the Tariff Schedules”, “such Schedules”, and any other general reference to the old Schedules to be treated as reference to Harmonized Tariff Schedule, see [section 3012 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3012&num=0&edition=prelim).
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If any provision of this chapter or any application thereof is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of the chapter, or any other application, shall not be affected thereby.
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In this subchapter:
**(a) Outer Continental Shelf.—** The term “outer Continental Shelf” means—
(1) all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of the area of lands beneath navigable waters as defined in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control or within the exclusive economic zone of the United States and adjacent to any territory of the United States; and
(2) does not include any area conveyed by Congress to a territorial government for administration;
**(b) Secretary.—** The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior, except that with respect to functions under this subchapter transferred to, or vested in, the Secretary of Energy or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by or pursuant to the Department of Energy Organization Act ([42 U.S.C. 7101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section7101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Energy, or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as the case may be.
**(c) Lease.—** The term “lease” means any form of authorization which is issued under [section 1337 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1337&num=0&edition=prelim) or maintained under [section 1335 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1335&num=0&edition=prelim) and which authorizes exploration for, and development and production of, minerals.
**(d) Person.—** The term “person” includes, in addition to a natural person, an association, a State, a political subdivision o
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This chapter may be cited as the “Tariff Act of 1930.”
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The Administrator and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall periodically, at intervals of not more than every 3 years, and in consultation with the Secretary of Energy, review any regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter to determine the status and impact of such regulations on the continued development, evolution, and commercialization of ocean thermal energy conversion technology. The results of each such review shall be included in the next annual report required by section 9165 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. The Administrator and such Secretary are authorized and directed to promulgate any revisions to the then effective regulations as are deemed necessary and appropriate based on such review, to ensure that any regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter do not impede such development, evolution, and commercialization of such technology. Additionally, the Secretary of Energy is authorized to propose, based on such review, such revisions for the same purpose. The Administrator or such Secretary, as appropriate, shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to any such proposal by the Secretary of Energy and, pursuant to applicable procedures, shall consider and take final action on any such proposal in an expeditious manner. Such consideration shall include at least one informal hearing pursuant to the procedures in [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim).
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TITLE 19—CUSTOMS DUTIES
§ 1303
Sec.
1681a.
Requirements for entry of certain cigarettes
and smokeless tobacco products.
1681b.
Enforcement.
SUBTITLE VI—SOFTWOOD LUMBER
1683.
Definitions.
1683a.
Establishment of softwood lumber importer
declaration program.
1683b.
Scope of softwood lumber importer declara-
tion program.
1683c.
Export charge determination and publication.
1683d.
Reconciliation.
1683e.
Verification.
1683f.
Penalties.
1683g.
Reports.
SUBTITLE I—HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Titles I and II of act June 17, 1930, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590,
672, which comprised the dutiable and free lists for arti-
cles imported into the United States, were formerly
classified to sections 1001 and 1201 of this title, and
were stricken by Pub. L. 87–456, title I, § 101(a), May 24,
1962, 76 Stat. 72. The Revised Tariff Schedules, which
were classified to section 1202 of this title, were strick-
en by Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1204(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102
Stat. 1148, and were replaced by the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States. See Publication of Har-
monized Tariff Schedule note set out under section 1202
of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CHANGE OF NAME
United States Tariff Commission renamed United
States International Trade Commission by Pub. L.
93–618, title I, § 171, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2009, which is
classified to section 2231 of this title.
ENACTMENT OF HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE
Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1204(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat.
1148, provided that: ‘‘The Tariff Act of 1930 [this chap-
ter] is amended by striking out title I and inserting a
new title I entitled ‘Title I—Harmonized Tariff Sched-
ule of the United States’ (hereinafte
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 9164
Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 98–623, § 602(a)(12), substituted
‘‘ocean thermal energy conversion facility or plantship
documented under the laws of the United States and li-
censed’’ for ‘‘ocean thermal energy conversion facility
or plantship licensed’’.
Pub. L. 98–623, § 602(e)(6), substituted ‘‘Secretary of
the Treasury, including the provisions of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1202), and other laws codi-
fied in title 19,’’ for ‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’.
Executive Documents
TERRITORIAL SEA OF UNITED STATES
For extension of territorial sea of United States, see
Proc. No. 5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of
Title 43, Public Lands.
§ 9164. Submarine electric transmission cable
and equipment safety
(a) Standards and regulations
The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with
other interested Federal agencies and depart-
ments, shall establish and enforce such stand-
ards and regulations as may be necessary to as-
sure the safe construction and operation of sub-
marine electric transmission cables and equip-
ment subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States. Such standards and regulations shall in-
clude, but not be limited to, requirements for
the use of the safest and best available tech-
nology for submarine electric transmission
cable shielding, and for the use of automatic
switches to shut off electric current in the event
of a break in such a cable.
(b) Report to Congress on appropriation and
staffing needs
The Secretary of Energy, in cooperation with
other interested Federal agencies and depart-
ments, is authorized and directed to report to
the Congress within 60 days after August 3, 1980,
on appropriations and staffing needed to mon-
itor submarine electric
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