§ 891f. Use of vessels

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. 1992

   NOAA Fleet Modernization Act

   Pub. L. 102–567 title VI § 608 · 106 Stat. 4270

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 891f

   Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 608, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4303

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 608, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4303

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 608. USE OF VESSELS. (a) Vessel Agreements.— In implementing the NOAA fleet replacement and modernization program, the Secretary shall use excess capacity of UNOLS vessels where appropriate and may enter into memoranda of agreement with the operators of these vessels to carry out this requirement. (b) Report to Congress.— Within one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide a report to Congress, in consultation with the Secretary, comparing the cost-efficiency, accounting, and operating practices of the vessels of NOAA, UNOLS, other Federal agencies, and the United States private sector in meeting the missions of NOAA.

2. 2025

   Pub. L. 119–60 div. H title LXXXIV § 8402(a)(4) · 139 Stat. 1910

   1. Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 891f

      Pub. L. 119–60 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Vessel Agreements”

   2. Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 891f

      Pub. L. 119–60 struck out subsec. (b), which required the Comptroller General to provide a report within one year after October 29, 1992 comparing the cost-efficiency, accounting, and operating practices of the vessels of NOAA, UNOLS, other Federal agencies, and the United States private sector in meeting the missions of NOAA

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

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 119–60 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Vessel Agreements” and struck out subsec. (b), which required the Comptroller General to provide a report within one year after October 29, 1992 comparing the cost-efficiency, accounting, and operating practices of the vessels of NOAA, UNOLS, other Federal agencies, and the United States private sector in meeting the missions of NOAA.

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