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10 U.S.C. § 8932 — Ocean Policy Committee
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**(a) Committee.—** There is established an Ocean Policy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”). The Committee shall retain broad and inclusive membership.
**(b) Responsibilities.—** The Committee shall—
(1) continue the activities of that Committee as it was in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021;
(2) engage and collaborate, pursuant to existing laws and regulations, with stakeholders, including regional ocean partnerships, to address ocean-related matters that may require interagency or intergovernmental solutions;
(3) facilitate coordination and integration of Federal activities in ocean and coastal waters to inform ocean policy and identify priority ocean research, technology, and data needs;
(4) prescribe policies and procedures to implement the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, including developing guidelines for review, selection, identification, and approval of partnership projects, in conjunction with Federal agencies participating in the program, for implementation under the program, based on—
(A) whether the project addresses important research objectives or operational goals;
(B) whether the project has, or is designed to have, appropriate participation or support from public, academic, commercial, and private entities within the oceanographic community;
(C) whether the partners have a long-term commitment to the objectives of the project;
(D) whether the resources supporting the project are shared among the partners;
(E) whether the project has been subjected to adequate scientific and technical merit review according to each participating agency; and
(F) the approval of such guidelines by a consensus
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**(a) Committee.—** There is established an Ocean Policy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the “Committee”). The Committee shall retain broad and inclusive membership.
**(b) Responsibilities.—** The Committee shall—
(1) continue the activities of that Committee as it was in existence on the day before the date of the enactment of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021;
(2) engage and collaborate, pursuant to existing laws and regulations, with stakeholders, including regional ocean partnerships, to address ocean-related matters that may require interagency or intergovernmental solutions;
(3) facilitate coordination and integration of Federal activities in ocean and coastal waters to inform ocean policy and identify priority ocean research, technology, and data needs;
(4) prescribe policies and procedures to implement the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, including developing guidelines for review, selection, identification, and approval of partnership projects, in conjunction with Federal agencies participating in the program, for implementation under the program, based on—
(A) whether the project addresses important research objectives or operational goals;
(B) whether the project has, or is designed to have, appropriate participation or support from public, academic, commercial, and private entities within the oceanographic community;
(C) whether the partners have a long-term commitment to the objectives of the project;
(D) whether the resources supporting the project are shared among the partners;
(E) whether the project has been subjected to adequate scientific and technical merit review according to each participating agency; and
(F) the approval of such guidelines by a consensus of the members of the Committee; and
(5) for projects under the purview of the Committee, establish or designate one or more systems for ocean-related and ocean-mapping-related documents prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ([42 U.S.C. 4321](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4321&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), in accordance with subsection (h).
**(c) Subcommittees.—**
(1) The Committee shall include—
(A) a subcommittee to be known as the “Ocean Science and Technology Subcommittee”; and
(B) a subcommittee to be known as the “Ocean Resource Management Subcommittee”.
(2) In discharging its responsibilities in support of agreed-upon scientific needs, and to assist in the execution of the responsibilities described in subsection (b), the Committee may delegate responsibilities to the Ocean Science and Technology Subcommittee, the Ocean Resource Management Subcommittee, or another subcommittee of the Committee, as the Committee determines appropriate.
**(d) Annual Report and Briefing.—**
(1) Not later than March 1 of each year, the Committee shall—
(A) make publicly available on an appropriate website a report on the National Oceanographic Partnership Program; and
(B) provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the contents of the report.
(2) Not later than 30 days after providing a briefing under paragraph (1)(B), the Committee shall make publicly available on an appropriate website the briefing materials covered by the briefing.
(3) Each report and briefing shall include the following:
(A) A description of activities of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program carried out during the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the report is published.
(B) A general outline of the activities planned for the program during the fiscal year during which the report is published.
(C) A summary of projects, partnerships, and collaborations, including the Federal and non-Federal sources of funding, continued from the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the report is published and projects expected to begin during the fiscal year during which the report is published and any subsequent fiscal year, as required under subsection (e)(4)(C).
(D) The amounts requested in the budget submitted to Congress pursuant to [section 1105(a) of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1105/a&num=0&edition=prelim) for the fiscal year following the fiscal year during which the report is published, for the programs, projects, activities and the estimated expenditures under such programs, projects, and activities, to execute the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
(E) A summary of national ocean research priorities informed by the Ocean Research Advisory Panel, as required under [section 8933(b)(4) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8933/b/4&num=0&edition=prelim).
(F) A list of the members of the Ocean Research Advisory Panel established under [section 8933(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8933/a&num=0&edition=prelim) and any working groups described in subsection (e)(4)(A) in existence during the fiscal years covered by the report.
**(e) Partnership Program Office.—**
(1) The Secretary of the Navy and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall jointly establish a partnership program office for the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
(2) The Secretary of the Navy and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shall use competitive procedures to select a non-Government entity to manage the partnership program office.
(3) The Committee shall monitor the management of the partnership program office.
(4) The partnership program office shall perform the following duties:
(A) Supporting working groups established by the Committee or subcommittee and reporting to the Committee and to any Federal agency that has contributed amounts to the National Oceanographic Partnership Program on the activities of such working groups, including the proposals of such working groups for partnership projects.
(B) Supporting the process for proposing partnership projects to the Committee and to the agencies referred to in subparagraph (A), including, where appropriate, managing review of such projects.
(C) Submitting to the appropriate congressional committees, and making publicly available, an annual report on the status of all partnership projects, including the Federal and non-Federal sources of funding for each project, and activities of the office.
(D) Performing such additional duties for the administration of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program that the Committee and the agencies referred to in subparagraph (A) consider appropriate.
**(f) Contract and Grant Authority.—** The Committee may authorize one or more of the departments or agencies represented on the Committee to enter into contracts and make grants, using funds appropriated pursuant to an authorization of appropriations for the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, for the purpose of implementing the program and carrying out the responsibilities of the Committee.
**(g) Establishment and Forms of Partnership Projects.—**
(1) A partnership project under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program may be established by any instrument that the Committee considers appropriate, including a memorandum of understanding, a cooperative research and development agreement, and any similar instrument.
(2) Projects under the program may include demonstration projects.
**(h) Elements of Document System.—** The systems established or designated under subsection (b)(5) may include the following:
(1) A publicly accessible, centralized digital archive of documents described in subsection (b)(5) that are finalized after the date of the enactment of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, including—
(A) environmental impact statements;
(B) environmental assessments;
(C) records of decision; and
(D) other relevant documents as determined by the lead agency on a project.
(2) Geospatially referenced data, if any, contained in the documents under paragraph (1).
(3) A mechanism to retrieve information through geo-information tools that can map and integrate relevant geospatial information, such as—
(A) Ocean Report Tools;
(B) the Environmental Studies Program Information System;
(C) Regional Ocean Partnerships; and
(D) the Integrated Ocean Observing System.
(4) Appropriate safeguards on the public accessibility of data to protect national security equities.
**(i) Appropriate Congressional Committees.—** In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means—
(1) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate;
(2) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
(3) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
(4) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives;
(5) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House of Representatives;
(6) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and
(7) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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Section, Pub. L. 114–94, div. D, title XLI, § 41013, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1761, provided that this subchapter shall terminate 7 years after Dec. 4, 2015.
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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**(a) Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “defense acquisition system” means—
(1) the workforce engaged in carrying out the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense;
(2) the management structure responsible for directing and overseeing the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense; and
(3) the statutory, regulatory, and policy framework that guides the acquisition of property and services for the Department of Defense.
**(b) Element of the Defense Acquisition System.—** In this part, the term “element of the defense acquisition system” means an organization that—
(1) employs members of the acquisition workforce;
(2) carries out acquisition functions; and
(3) focuses primarily on acquisition.
**(c) Acquisition.—** In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in [section 131 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section131&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Activities** The Center shall—
(1) receive, aggregate, analyze, and secure, using processes consistent with the processes developed pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 ([6 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) reports from covered entities related to a covered cyber incident to assess the effectiveness of security controls, identify tactics, techniques, and procedures adversaries use to overcome those controls and other cybersecurity purposes, including to assess potential impact of cyber incidents on public health and safety and to enhance situational awareness of cyber threats across critical infrastructure sectors;
(2) coordinate and share information with appropriate Federal departments and agencies to identify and track ransom payments, including those utilizing virtual currencies;
(3) leverage information gathered about cyber incidents to—
(A) enhance the quality and effectiveness of information sharing and coordination efforts with appropriate entities, including agencies, sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, critical infrastructure owners and operators, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers; and
(B) provide appropriate entities, including sector coordinating councils, Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations, State, local, Tribal, and territorial governments, technology providers, cybersecurity and cyber incident response firms, and security researchers, with timely, actionable, and anonymized reports of cyber incident campaigns and trends, including, to the maximum extent practicable
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**(a) Establishment.—**
(1) The Ocean Policy Committee shall establish an Ocean Research Advisory Panel (in this section referred to as the “Advisory Panel”). The Advisory Panel shall consist of not fewer than 10 and not more than 18 members appointed by the co-chairs of the Committee, including each of the following:
(A) Three members who represent the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
(B) Members selected from among individuals who represent the views of ocean industries, State, tribal, territorial or local governments, academia, and such other views as the co-chairs consider appropriate.
(C) Members selected from among individuals eminent in the fields of marine science, marine technology, and marine policy, or related fields.
(2) The Committee shall ensure that an appropriate balance of academic, scientific, industry, and geographical interests and gender and racial diversity are represented by the members of the Advisory Panel.
**(b) Responsibilities.—** The Committee shall assign the following responsibilities to the Advisory Panel:
(1) To advise the Committee on policies and procedures to implement the National Oceanographic Partnership Program.
(2) To advise the Committee on matters relating to national oceanographic science, engineering, facilities, or resource requirements.
(3) To advise the Committee on improving diversity, equity, and inclusion in the ocean sciences and related fields.
(4) To advise the Committee on national ocean research priorities.
(5) Any additional responsibilities that the Committee considers appropriate.
**(c) Meetings.—** The Committee shall require the Advisory Panel to meet not less frequently than two times each year.
**(d) Administrative and Technical Support.—** The Administrator of th
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**(a) Coordination** The President, through the National Science and Technology Council, shall coordinate and support a national research program to improve understanding of the role of the oceans in human health.
**(b) Implementation plan** Within 1 year after December 8, 2004, the National Science and Technology Council, through the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall develop and submit to the Congress a plan for coordinated Federal activities under the program. Nothing in this subsection is intended to duplicate or supersede the activities of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia established under section 4001 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. In developing the plan, the Committee will consult with the Inter-Agency Task Force on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia. Such plan will build on and complement the ongoing activities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Science Foundation, and other departments and agencies and shall—
(1) establish, for the 10-year period beginning in the year it is submitted, the goals and priorities for Federal research which most effectively advance scientific understanding of the connections between the oceans and human health, provide usable information for the prediction of marine-related public health problems and use the biological potential of the oceans for development of new treatments of human diseases and a greater understanding of human biology;
(2) describe specific activities required to achieve such goals and priorities, including the funding of competitive research grants, ocean and coastal observations, training and support for scientists, and participation in international research efforts;
(3) identify and address, as
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**(a) In general** In carrying out the program authorized by [section 3402 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3402&num=0&edition=prelim), the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in consultation with the Ocean Policy Committee established under [section 8932 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8932&num=0&edition=prelim), shall—
(1) conduct interdisciplinary expeditions or other scientific activities in conjunction with other Federal and State agencies, Tribal Governments, private industry, academia (including secondary schools, community colleges, and universities), and nongovernmental organizations, to map, explore, and characterize little known areas of the marine environment, inventory, observe, characterize, and assess living and nonliving marine resources, and report such findings;
(2) give priority attention to deep ocean regions of the exclusive economic zone, with a focus on deep water marine systems that hold potential for important scientific discoveries, such as hydrothermal vent communities and seamounts;
(3) conduct scientific expeditions to locate, define, and document historic shipwrecks, submerged sites, and other ocean exploration activities that combine archaeology and oceanographic sciences;
(4) develop and implement a transparent, competitive process for merit-based peer-review and approval of proposals for activities to be conducted under this program, taking into consideration advice of the Board established under [section 3405 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3405&num=0&edition=prelim);
(5) support technological innovation of the United States ma
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In this chapter:
(1) **Administrator** — The 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.
(2) **Council** — The term “Council” means the National Ocean Research Leadership Council established by [section 8932 of title 10](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title10-section8932&num=0&edition=prelim).11 See References in Text note below.
(3) **Federal assets** — 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.
(4) **Interagency Ocean Observation Committee** — The term “Interagency Ocean Observation Committee” means the committee established under [section 3603(c)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3603/c/2&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Non-Federal assets** — 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.
(6) **Regional coastal observing system** — The term “regional coastal observing system” means an organizati
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 8932
and industry. These entities often have similar re-
quirements for research facilities, data, and other re-
sources (such as oceanographic research vessels).
‘‘(5) The need exists for a formal mechanism to co-
ordinate existing partnerships and establish new
partnerships for the sharing of resources, intellectual
talent, and facilities in the ocean sciences and edu-
cation, so that optimal use can be made of this most
important natural resource for the well-being of all
Americans.’’
§ 8932. Ocean Policy Committee
(a) COMMITTEE.—There is established an Ocean
Policy Committee (hereinafter referred to as the
‘‘Committee’’). The Committee shall retain
broad and inclusive membership.
(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Committee shall—
(1) continue the activities of that Committee
as it was in existence on the day before the
date of the enactment of the William M. (Mac)
Thornberry National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2021;
(2) engage and collaborate, pursuant to ex-
isting laws and regulations, with stakeholders,
including regional ocean partnerships, to ad-
dress ocean-related matters that may require
interagency or intergovernmental solutions;
(3) facilitate coordination and integration of
Federal activities in ocean and coastal waters
to inform ocean policy and identify priority
ocean research, technology, and data needs;
(4) prescribe policies and procedures to im-
plement the National Oceanographic Partner-
ship Program, including developing guidelines
for review, selection, identification, and ap-
proval of partnership projects, in conjunction
with Federal agencies participating in the pro-
gram, for implementation under the program,
based on—
(A) whether the project addresses impor-
tant
research
ob
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 4321
Sec.
4368a.
Utilization of talents of older Americans in
projects of pollution prevention, abate-
ment, and control.
4368b.
General assistance program.
4369.
Miscellaneous reports.
4369a.
Reports on environmental research and devel-
opment activities of Agency.
4370.
Reimbursement for use of facilities.
4370a.
Assistant Administrators of Environmental
Protection Agency; appointment; duties.
4370b.
Availability of fees and charges to carry out
Agency programs.
4370c.
Environmental Protection Agency fees.
4370d.
Percentage of Federal funding for organiza-
tions owned by socially and economically
disadvantaged individuals.
4370e.
Working capital fund in Treasury.
4370f.
Availability of funds after expiration of pe-
riod for liquidating obligations.
4370g.
Availability of funds for uniforms and certain
services.
4370h.
Availability of funds for facilities.
4370i.
Regional liaisons for minority, tribal, and
low-income communities.
4370j.
Municipal Ombudsman.
SUBCHAPTER IV—FEDERAL PERMITTING
IMPROVEMENT
4370m.
Definitions.
4370m–1. Federal Permitting Improvement Steering
Council.
4370m–2. Permitting process improvement.
4370m–3. Interstate compacts.
4370m–4. Coordination of required reviews.
4370m–5. Delegated State permitting programs.
4370m–6. Litigation, judicial review, and savings provi-
sion.
4370m–7. Reports.
4370m–8. Funding for governance, oversight, and proc-
essing of environmental reviews and per-
mits.
4370m–9. Application.
4370m–10. GAO report.
4370m–11. Savings provision.
4370m–12. Repealed.
§ 4321. Congressional declaration of purpose
The purposes of this chapter are: To declare a
national policy which will encourage productive
and enjoyable harmony
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