33 U.S.C. § 3601 — Purposes

Page 982 TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS § 3601 2 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘images,’’. cal, geological, chemical, and archaeological characteristics and boundaries of ocean and coastal areas, resources, and sea beds through the use of acoustics, satellites, aerial photo- grammetry, light and imaging, direct sam- pling, and other mapping technologies. (6) Territorial sea The term ‘‘territorial sea’’ means the belt of sea measured from the baseline of the United States determined in accordance with inter- national law, as set forth in Presidential Proc- lamation Number 5928, dated December 27, 1988. (7) Nongovernmental entities The term ‘‘nongovernmental entities’’ in- cludes nongovernmental organizations, mem- bers of the academic community, and private sector organizations that provide products and services associated with measuring, locating, and preparing maps, charts, surveys, aerial photographs, satellite imagines,2 or other graphical or digital presentations depicting natural or manmade physical features, phe- nomena, and legal boundaries of the Earth. (8) Outer Continental Shelf The term ‘‘Outer Continental Shelf’’ means all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of lands beneath navigable waters (as that term is defined in section 1301 of title 43), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its juris- diction and control. (9) Coastal Indian Tribe The term ‘‘coastal Indian Tribe’’ means an ‘‘Indian Tribe’’, as defined in section 5304 of title 25, the land of which is located in a coast- al State. (Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12210, formerly § 12208, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1426; renumbered § 12210 and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10307(b)(1)(C), (e)(1), (g), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3976, 3978, 3979.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Presidential Proclamation No. 5030, referred to in par. (4), is set out under section 1453 of Title 16, Con- servation. Presidential Proclamation Number 5928, referred to in par. (6), is set out under section 1331 of Title 43, Pub- lic Lands. AMENDMENTS 2022—Par. (3). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(b)(1)(C), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as fol- lows: ‘‘The term ‘Committee’ means the Interagency Ocean and Coastal Mapping Committee established by section 3502 of this title.’’ Par. (5). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(g)(1), substituted ‘‘processing, management, maintenance, interpreta- tion, certification, and dissemination’’ for ‘‘processing, and management’’. Par. (9). Pub. L. 117–263, § 10307(g)(2), added par. (9). CHAPTER 49—INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM Sec. 3601. Purposes. Sec. 3602. Definitions. 3603. Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observing Sys- tem. 3604. Interagency financing and agreements. 3605. Application with other laws. 3606. Report to Congress. 3607. Public-private use policy. 3608. Repealed. 3609. Intent of Congress. 3610. Authorization of appropriations. 3611. Assessing and modeling named storms over coastal States. 3612. Accelerating innovation at Cooperative Insti- tutes. 3613. Blue Economy valuation. § 3601. Purposes The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to establish and sustain a national inte- grated System of ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing systems, comprised of Fed- eral and non-Federal components coordinated at the national level by the Council and at the regional level by a network of regional coastal observing systems, and that includes in situ, remote, and other coastal and ocean observa- tion and modeling capabilities, technologies, data management systems, communication systems, and product development systems, and is designed to address regional and na- tional needs for ocean and coastal informa- tion, to gather specific data on key ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes variables, and to en- sure timely and sustained dissemination and availability of these data— (A) to the public; (B) to support national defense, search and rescue operations, marine commerce, navi- gation safety, weather, climate, and marine forecasting, energy siting and production, economic development, ecosystem-based ma- rine, coastal, and Great Lakes resource man- agement, public safety, and public outreach and education; (C) to promote greater public awareness and stewardship of the Nation’s ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and the general public welfare; (D) to provide easy access to ocean, coast- al, and Great Lakes data and promote data sharing between Federal and non-Federal sources and promote public data sharing; (E) to enable advances in scientific under- standing to support the sustainable use, con- servation, management, and understanding of healthy ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources to ensure the Nation can respond to opportunities to enhance food, economic, and national security; and (F) to monitor and model changes in the oceans and Great Lakes, including with re- spect to chemistry, harmful algal blooms, hypoxia, water levels, and other phenomena; (2) to improve the Nation’s capability to measure, track, observe, understand, and pre- dict events related directly and indirectly to weather and climate, natural climate varia- bility, and interactions between the oceanic and atmospheric environments, including the Great Lakes; (3) to sustain, upgrade, and modernize the Nation’s ocean and Great Lakes observing in- 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 [subtitle C (§§ 12301–12312) of title XII of Pub. L. 111–11, enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009’.’’ § 3602. Definitions In this chapter: (1) Administrator The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmos- phere in the Under Secretary’s capacity as Ad- ministrator of the National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration. (2) Council The term ‘‘Council’’ means the National Ocean Research Leadership Council estab- lished by section 8932 of title 10.1 (3) Federal assets The term ‘‘Federal assets’’ means all rel- evant non-classified civilian coastal and ocean observations, technologies, and related mod- eling, 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. (5) Non-Federal assets The term ‘‘non-Federal assets’’ means all relevant coastal and ocean observation tech- nologies, related basic and applied technology research and development, and public edu- cation and outreach programs that are man- aged through States, regional organizations, universities, nongovernmental organizations, or the private sector and integrated into the System by a regional coastal observing sys- tem, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or the agencies participating in the Interagency Ocean Observation Com- mittee. (6) Regional coastal observing system The term ‘‘regional coastal observing sys- tem’’ means an organizational body that is certified or established by contract or memo- randum by the lead Federal agency designated in section 3603(c)(3) of this title and coordi- nates State, Federal, local, tribal, and private interests at a regional level with the responsi- bility of engaging the private and public sec- tors in designing, operating, and improving re- gional 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 Adminis- trator. (8) System The term ‘‘System’’ means the National In- tegrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Sys- tem established under section 3603 of this title. (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. (Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12303, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1428; Pub. L. 116–271, title I, § 102, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3333.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The reference to the National Ocean Research Lead- ership Council established by section 8932 of title 10, re- ferred to in par. (2), is no longer accurate insofar as sec- tion 8932 of title 10 was amended by Pub. L. 116–283 so as to instead refer to the Ocean Policy Committee. AMENDMENTS 2020—Par. (2). Pub. L. 116–271, § 102(1), substituted ‘‘section 8932’’ for ‘‘section 7902’’. Par. (5). Pub. L. 116–271, § 102(2), substituted ‘‘man- aged through States, regional organizations, univer-