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33 U.S.C. § 3602 — Definitions

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33 U.S.C. § 3602 — Definitions

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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 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3603/c/3&num=0&edition=prelim) 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. (7) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Administrator. (8) **System** — The term “System” means the National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System established under [section 3603 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3603&num=0&edition=prelim). (9) **System Plan** — 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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10 U.S.C. § 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 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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33 U.S.C. § 3603 — Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing System

**(a) Establishment** The President, acting through the Council, shall establish a National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System to fulfill the purposes set forth in [section 3601 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section3601&num=0&edition=prelim) and the System Plan and to fulfill the Nation’s international obligations to contribute to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems and the Global Ocean Observing System. **(b) System elements** (1) **In general** — In order to fulfill the purposes of this chapter, the System shall be national in scope and consist of— (A) Federal assets to fulfill national and international observation missions and priorities; (B) non-Federal assets, including a network of regional coastal observing systems identified under subsection (c)(4), to fulfill regional and national observation missions and priorities; (C) observing, modeling, data management, and communication systems for the timely integration and dissemination of data and information products from the System, including reviews of data collection procedures across regions and programs to make recommendations for data collection standards across the System to meet national ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observation, applied research, and weather forecasting needs; (D) a product development system to transform observations into products in a format that may be readily used and understood; and (E) a research and development program conducted under the guidance of the Council, consisting of— (i) basic and applied research and technology development— (I) to improve understanding of coastal and ocean systems and their relationships to human activities; and (II) to ensure improvement of

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33 U.S.C. § 3602 — Definitions

Page 983 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 3602 1 See References in Text note below. frastructure to detect changes and ensure de- livery of reliable and timely information; and (4) to authorize activities— (A) to promote basic and applied research to develop, test, and deploy innovations and improvements in coastal and ocean observa- tion technologies, including advanced ob- serving technologies such as unmanned mar- itime systems needed to address critical data gaps, modeling systems, other sci- entific and technological capabilities to im- prove the understanding of weather and cli- mate, ocean-atmosphere dynamics, global climate change, and the physical, chemical, and biological dynamics of the ocean, coast- al, and Great Lakes environments; and (B) to conserve healthy and restore de- graded coastal ecosystems. (Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12302, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1427; Pub. L. 116–271, title I, § 101, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3331.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2020—Pub. L. 116–271 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section set out the purposes of this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE OF 2020 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 116–271, § 1(a), Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3331, pro- vided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting section 10371 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, amending this section, sections 3602 to 3604, 3606, 3607, 3610, 3611, and 3703 to 3706 of this title, and section 4057 of Title 42, repealing section 3608 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 3704 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Coordinated Ocean Observations and Re- search Act of 2020’.’’ SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12301, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1427, provided that: ‘‘This subtitle

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