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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 17 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

§ 891g. Interoperability

Statutory text

The Secretary shall consult with the Oceanographer of the Navy regarding appropriate measures that should be taken, on a reimbursable basis, to ensure that NOAA vessels are interoperable with vessels of the Department of the Navy, including with respect to operation, maintenance, and repair of those 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. NOAA Fleet Modernization Act

    Pub. L. 102–567 title VI § 609 · 106 Stat. 4270

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 891g

    (Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 609, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4303.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 609, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4303.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 609. INTEROPERABILITY. The Secretary shall consult with the Oceanographer of the Navy regarding appropriate measures that should be taken, on a reimbursable basis, to ensure that NOAA vessels are interoperable with vessels of the Department of the Navy, including with respect to operation, maintenance, and repair of those vessels.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Interoperability of Vessels

Pub. L. 102–567, title IV, § 401(b)(5), , 106 Stat. 4291, provided that: “The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Oceanographer of the Navy regarding appropriate cost effective and practical measures to allow vessels of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to be interoperable with vessels of the Department of the Navy, including with respect to operation, maintenance, and repair of those vessels.”

Credits

(Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 609, , 106 Stat. 4303.)

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