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14 U.S.C. § 717 — Agreements
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TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 717
1 See References in Text note below.
and departments and agencies listed in sub-
section (b).
(b) COORDINATION.—The Commandant shall
seek to coordinate the collection, sharing, and
use of information, intelligence, and data re-
lated to the Arctic maritime domain between
the Coast Guard and the following:
(1) The Department of Homeland Security.
(2) The Department of Defense.
(3) The Department of Transportation.
(4) The Department of State.
(5) The Department of the Interior.
(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration.
(7) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
(8) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(9) The National Science Foundation.
(10) The Arctic Research Commission.
(11) Any Federal agency or commission or
State the Commandant determines is appro-
priate.
(c) COOPERATION.—The Commandant and the
head of a department or agency listed in sub-
section (b) may by agreement, on a reimbursable
basis or otherwise, share personnel, services,
equipment, and facilities to carry out the re-
quirements of this section.
(d) 5-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than
January 1, 2016 and every 5 years thereafter, the
Commandant shall submit to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives a 5-year strategic plan to guide inter-
agency and international intergovernmental co-
operation and coordination for the purpose of
improving maritime domain awareness in the
Arctic.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the term
‘‘Arctic’’ has the meaning given that term in
section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy
Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, § 502(a), Dec. 1
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Page 69
TITLE 14—COAST GUARD
§ 717
1 See References in Text note below.
and departments and agencies listed in sub-
section (b).
(b) COORDINATION.—The Commandant shall
seek to coordinate the collection, sharing, and
use of information, intelligence, and data re-
lated to the Arctic maritime domain between
the Coast Guard and the following:
(1) The Department of Homeland Security.
(2) The Department of Defense.
(3) The Department of Transportation.
(4) The Department of State.
(5) The Department of the Interior.
(6) The National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration.
(7) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
(8) The Environmental Protection Agency.
(9) The National Science Foundation.
(10) The Arctic Research Commission.
(11) Any Federal agency or commission or
State the Commandant determines is appro-
priate.
(c) COOPERATION.—The Commandant and the
head of a department or agency listed in sub-
section (b) may by agreement, on a reimbursable
basis or otherwise, share personnel, services,
equipment, and facilities to carry out the re-
quirements of this section.
(d) 5-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.—Not later than
January 1, 2016 and every 5 years thereafter, the
Commandant shall submit to the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the
Senate and the Committee on Transportation
and Infrastructure of the House of Representa-
tives a 5-year strategic plan to guide inter-
agency and international intergovernmental co-
operation and coordination for the purpose of
improving maritime domain awareness in the
Arctic.
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section the term
‘‘Arctic’’ has the meaning given that term in
section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy
Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, § 502(a), Dec. 18,
2014, 128 Stat. 3057, § 154; renumbered § 714, Pub.
L. 115–282, title I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat.
4203.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 154 of this
title as this section.
§ 715. Oceanographic research
The Coast Guard shall conduct such oceano-
graphic research, use such equipment or instru-
ments, and collect and analyze such oceano-
graphic data, in cooperation with other agencies
of the Government, or not, as may be in the na-
tional interest.
(Added Pub. L. 87–396, § 1, Oct. 5, 1961, 75 Stat.
827, § 94; renumbered § 715, Pub. L. 115–282, title I,
§ 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 94 of this
title as this section.
§ 716. Arctic maritime transportation
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to
ensure safe and secure maritime shipping in the
Arctic including the availability of aids to navi-
gation, vessel escorts, spill response capability,
and maritime search and rescue in the Arctic.
(b) INTERNATIONAL
MARITIME
ORGANIZATION
AGREEMENTS.—To carry out the purpose of this
section, the Secretary is encouraged to enter
into negotiations through the International
Maritime Organization to conclude and execute
agreements
to
promote
coordinated
action
among the United States, Russia, Canada, Ice-
land, Norway, and Denmark and other seafaring
and Arctic nations to ensure, in the Arctic—
(1) placement and maintenance of aids to
navigation;
(2) appropriate marine safety, tug, and sal-
vage capabilities;
(3) oil spill prevention and response capa-
bility;
(4) maritime domain awareness, including
long-range vessel tracking; and
(5) search and rescue.
(c) COORDINATION BY COMMITTEE ON THE MARI-
TIME TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.—The Committee
on the Maritime Transportation System estab-
lished under section 55501 1 of title 46, United
States Code, shall coordinate the establishment
of domestic transportation policies in the Arctic
necessary to carry out the purpose of this sec-
tion.
(d) AGREEMENTS
AND
CONTRACTS.—The Sec-
retary may, subject to the availability of appro-
priations, enter into cooperative agreements,
contracts, or other agreements with, or make
grants to, individuals and governments to carry
out the purpose of this section or any agree-
ments established under subsection (b).
(e) ICEBREAKING.—The Secretary shall promote
safe
maritime
navigation
by
means
of
icebreaking where necessary, feasible, and effec-
tive to carry out the purposes of this section.
(f) ARCTIC DEFINITION.—In this section, the
term ‘‘Arctic’’ has the meaning given such term
in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy
Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4111).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title V, § 501(a), Dec. 18,
2014, 128 Stat. 3056, § 90; amended Pub. L. 115–232,
div. C, title XXXV, § 3533(d), Aug. 13, 2018, 132
Stat. 2321; renumbered § 716, Pub. L. 115–282, title
I, § 106(b), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 55501 of title 46, United States Code, referred
to in subsec. (c), was redesignated section 50401 of title
46 by Pub. L. 117–81, div. C, title XXXV, § 3512(a)(3), Dec.
27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2239.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282 renumbered section 90 of this
title as this section.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 115–232 struck out question mark
after ‘‘the term ‘Arctic’ ’’.
§ 717. Agreements
(a) IN
GENERAL.—In carrying out section
504(a)(4), the Commandant may—
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§ 718
1 See References in Text note below.
(1) enter into cooperative agreements, con-
tracts, and other agreements with—
(A) Federal entities;
(B) other public or private entities in the
United States, including academic entities;
and
(C) foreign governments with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State; and
(2) impose on and collect from an entity sub-
ject to an agreement or contract under para-
graph (1) a fee to assist with expenses incurred
in carrying out such section.
(b) DEPOSIT AND USE OF FEES.—Fees collected
under this section shall be deposited in the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts.
The fees may be used, to the extent provided in
advance in an appropriation law, only to carry
out activities under section 504(a)(4).
(Added Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 206(b), Dec. 18,
2014, 128 Stat. 3025, § 102; renumbered § 717 and
amended Pub. L. 115–282, title I, §§ 106(b),
123(b)(2), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4203, 4240.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Pub. L. 115–282, § 106(b), renumbered section 102
of this title as this section.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted
‘‘section 504(a)(4)’’ for ‘‘section 93(a)(4)’’ in introductory
provisions.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–282, § 123(b)(2), substituted
‘‘section 504(a)(4)’’ for ‘‘section 93(a)(4)’’.
§ 718. Training; emergency response providers
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commandant may, on a
reimbursable or a non-reimbursable basis, make
a training available to emergency response pro-
viders whenever the Commandant determines
that—
(1) a member of the Coast Guard, who is
scheduled to participate in such training, is
unable or unavailable to participate in such
training;
(2) no other member of the Coast Guard, who
is assigned to the unit to which the member of
the Coast Guard who is unable or unavailable
to participate in such training is assigned, is
able or available to participate in such train-
ing; and
(3) such training, if made available to such
emergency response providers, would further
the goal of interoperability among Federal
agencies, non-Federal governmental agencies,
or both.
(b)
EMERGENCY
RESPONSE
PROVIDERS
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘emergency re-
sponse providers’’ has the meaning given that
term in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101).
(c) TREATMENT
OF REIMBURSEMENT.—Any re-
imbursements for a training that the Coast
Guard receives under this section shall be cred-
ited to the appropriation used to pay the costs
for such training.
(d) STATUS; LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—
(1) STATUS.—Any individual to whom, as an
emergency response provider, training is made
available under this section, who is not other-
wise a Federal employee, shall not, because of
that training, be considered a Federal em-
ployee for any purpose (including the purposes
of chapter 81 of title 5 (relating to compensa-
tion for injury) and sections 2671 through 2680
of title 28 (relating to tort claims)).
(2) LIMITATION
ON
LIABILITY.—The United
States shall not be liable for actions taken by
an individual in the course of training made
available under this section.
(Added Pub. L. 115–282, title III, § 306(a), Dec. 4,
2018, 132 Stat. 4247.)
§ 719. Research projects; transactions other than
contracts and grants
(a) ADDITIONAL FORMS
OF TRANSACTIONS AU-
THORIZED.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commandant may
enter into—
(A) transactions (other than contracts, co-
operative agreements, and grants) in car-
rying out basic, applied, and advanced re-
search projects; and
(B) agreements with the Director of the
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agen-
cy, the Secretary of a military department,
or any other official designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense under section 2371b 1 of
title 10 to participate in prototype projects
and follow-on production contracts or trans-
actions that are being carried out by such
official and are directly relevant to the
Coast Guard’s cyber capability and Com-
mand,
Control,
Communications,
Com-
puters, and intelligence initiatives.
(2) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—The authority
under this subsection is in addition to the au-
thority provided in section 717 to use con-
tracts, cooperative agreements, and grants in
carrying out such projects.
(3) FUNDING.—In carrying out paragraph
(1)(B), the Commandant may use funds made
available to the extent provided in advance in
appropriations Acts for—
(A) operations and support;
(B) research, development, test, and eval-
uation; and
(C) procurement, construction, and im-
provement.
(b) RECOVERY OF FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (d), a
cooperative agreement for performance of
basic, applied, or advanced research author-
ized by section 717, and a transaction author-
ized by subsection (a), may include a clause
that requires a person or other entity to make
payments to the Coast Guard or any other de-
partment or agency of the Federal Govern-
ment as a condition for receiving support
under the agreement or transaction, respec-
tively.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The amount of
any payment received by the Federal Govern-
ment pursuant to a requirement imposed
under paragraph (1) shall be deposited in the
general fund of the Treasury. Amounts so de-
posited shall be available for the purposes of
carrying out this section, to the extent pro-
vided in advance in appropriations Acts.
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**(a) In General.—** In carrying out section 504(a)(4), the Commandant may—
(1) enter into cooperative agreements, contracts, and other agreements with—
(A) Federal entities;
(B) other public or private entities in the United States, including academic entities; and
(C) foreign governments with the concurrence of the Secretary of State; and
(2) impose on and collect from an entity subject to an agreement or contract under paragraph (1) a fee to assist with expenses incurred in carrying out such section.
**(b) Deposit and Use of Fees.—** Fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts. The fees may be used, to the extent provided in advance in an appropriation law, only to carry out activities under section 504(a)(4).
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As used in this chapter, the term “Arctic” means all United States and foreign territory north of the Arctic Circle and all United States territory north and west of the boundary formed by the Porcupine, Yukon, and Kuskokwim Rivers; all contiguous seas, including the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort, Bering, and Chukchi Seas; and the Aleutian chain.
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§§ 4211 to 4215
(b)(1) The Office of Management and Budget
shall consider all Federal agency requests for re-
search related to the Arctic as one integrated,
coherent, and multiagency request which shall
be reviewed by the Office of Management and
Budget prior to submission of the President’s
annual budget request for its adherence to the
Plan. The Commission shall, after submission of
the President’s annual budget request, review
the request and report to Congress on adherence
to the Plan.
(2) The Office of Management and Budget shall
seek to facilitate planning for the design, pro-
curement, maintenance, deployment, and oper-
ations of icebreakers needed to provide a plat-
form for Arctic research by allocating all funds
necessary to support icebreaking operations, ex-
cept for recurring incremental costs associated
with specific projects, to the Coast Guard.
(Pub. L. 98–373, title I, § 110, July 31, 1984, 98 Stat.
1248.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
TERMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions
of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual,
semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in
House Document No. 103–7 (in which the review of the
President’s annual budget request and report to Con-
gress under subsec. (b)(1) of this section is listed on
page 155), see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended,
set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money
and Finance.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and
assets of the Coast Guard, including the authorities
and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relat-
ing thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of re
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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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TITLE 6—DOMESTIC SECURITY
§ 101
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original. A closing parenthesis probably should precede
the period.
Sec.
677f.
Authorization of appropriations.
677g.
Sunset.
PART D—CYBER INCIDENT REPORTING
681.
Definitions.
681a.
Cyber incident review.
681b.
Required reporting of certain cyber incidents.
681c.
Voluntary reporting of other cyber incidents.
681d.
Noncompliance with required reporting.
681e.
Information shared with or provided to the
Federal Government.
681f.
Cyber Incident Reporting Council.
681g.
Federal sharing of incident reports.
§ 101. Definitions
In this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
(1) Each of the terms ‘‘American homeland’’
and ‘‘homeland’’ means the United States.
(2) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional
committee’’ means any committee of the
House of Representatives or the Senate having
legislative or oversight jurisdiction under the
Rules of the House of Representatives or the
Senate, respectively, over the matter con-
cerned.
(3) The term ‘‘assets’’ includes contracts, fa-
cilities, property, records, unobligated or un-
expended balances of appropriations, and other
funds or resources (other than personnel).
(4) The term ‘‘critical infrastructure’’ has
the meaning given that term in section
5195c(e) of title 42.
(5) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the De-
partment of Homeland Security.
(6) The term ‘‘emergency response pro-
viders’’ includes Federal, State, and local gov-
ernmental and nongovernmental emergency
public safety, fire, law enforcement, emer-
gency response, emergency medical (including
hospital emergency facilities), and related per-
sonnel, agencies, and authorities.
(7) The term ‘‘EMP’’ means an electro-
magnetic pulse caused by a nuclear
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