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