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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 17 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

§ 891a. Operation and maintenance of NOAA fleet

Statutory text

The Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall operate and maintain a fleet of vessels to meet the requirements of NOAA in carrying out the mission and functions of NOAA, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. NOAA Fleet Modernization Act

    Pub. L. 102–567 title VI § 603 · 106 Stat. 4270

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 891a

    Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 603, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4300

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 603, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4300

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 603. FLEET REPLACEMENT AND MODERNIZATION PROGRAM. The Secretary is authorized to implement, subject to the requirements of this Act, a 15-year program to replace and modernize the NOAA fleet.

  2. Pub. L. 119–60 div. H title LXXXIV § 8402(a)(1) · 139 Stat. 1908

    1. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 891a

      Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “Operation and maintenance of NOAA fleet” for “Fleet replacement and modernization program” in text

    2. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 891a

      Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall operate and maintain a fleet of vessels to meet the requirements of NOAA in carrying out the mission and functions of NOAA, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.” for “is authorized to implement, subject to the requirements of this subchapter, a 15-year program to replace and modernize the NOAA fleet.” in text

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “Operation and maintenance of NOAA fleet” for “Fleet replacement and modernization program” in section catchline and “, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall operate and maintain a fleet of vessels to meet the requirements of NOAA in carrying out the mission and functions of NOAA, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.” for “is authorized to implement, subject to the requirements of this subchapter, a 15-year program to replace and modernize the NOAA fleet.” in text.

1 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 unresolved

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2025—Pub. L. 119–60 substituted “Operation and maintenance of NOAA fleet” for “Fleet replacement and modernization program” in section catchline and “, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall operate and maintain a fleet of vessels to meet the requirements of NOAA in carrying out the mission and functions of NOAA, subject to the requirements of this subchapter.” for “is authorized to implement, subject to the requirements of this subchapter, a 15-year program to replace and modernize the NOAA fleet.” in text.

Credits

1992–2025 · 2 acts
  1. 1992Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 603, , 106 Stat. 4300
  2. 2025Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8402(a)(1), , 139 Stat. 1908.
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(Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 603, , 106 Stat. 4300; Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8402(a)(1), , 139 Stat. 1908.)

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