33 U.S.C. § 3504b

Current through P.L. 118-78 (published on www.congress.gov on 07/30/2024)

Section 3504b - Agreements and financial assistance

(a) Agreements

Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the head of a Federal agency that is represented on the Interagency Committee on Ocean and Coastal Mapping may enter into agreements with any other agency that is so represented to provide, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, facilities, equipment, services, personnel, and other support services to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Financial assistance

The Administrator may make financial assistance awards (grants of cooperative agreements) to any State or subdivision thereof or any public or private organization or individual to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

33 U.S.C. § 3504b

Pub. L. 111-11, title XII, §12207, as added Pub. L. 117-263 title CIII, §10307(e)(2), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3979.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 12207 of Pub. L. 111-11 was renumbered section 12209 and is classified to section 3506 of this title.

ocean and coastal mapping

The term "ocean and coastal mapping" means the acquisition, processing, management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of physical, biological, geological, chemical, and archaeological characteristics and boundaries of ocean and coastal areas, resources, and sea beds through the use of acoustics, satellites, aerial photogrammetry, light and imaging, direct sampling, and other mapping technologies.