<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id2701c3ff-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s883a"><num value="883a">§ 883a.</num><heading> Surveys and other activities</heading>
<chapeau style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">To provide charts and related information for the safe navigation of marine and air commerce, and to provide basic data for engineering and scientific purposes and for other commercial and industrial needs, the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to conduct the following activities:</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id2701c400-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s883a/1"><num value="1">(1)</num><content> Hydrographic and topographic surveys;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id2701c401-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s883a/2"><num value="2">(2)</num><content> Tide and current observations;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id2701c402-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s883a/3"><num value="3">(3)</num><content> Geodetic-control surveys;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id2701c403-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s883a/4"><num value="4">(4)</num><content> Field surveys for aeronautical charts;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0" id="id2701c404-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38" identifier="/us/usc/t33/s883a/5"><num value="5">(5)</num><content> Geomagnetic, seismological, gravity, and related geophysical measurements and investigations, and observations for the determination of variation in latitude and longitude.</content>
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<sourceCredit id="id2701c405-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38">(<ref href="/us/act/1947-08-06/ch504">Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504</ref>, § 1, <ref href="/us/stat/61/787">61 Stat. 787</ref>; <ref href="/us/pl/86/409">Pub. L. 86–409</ref>, <date date="1960-04-05">Apr. 5, 1960</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/74/16">74 Stat. 16</ref>; 1965 Reorg. Plan No. 2, eff. <date date="1965-07-13">July 13, 1965</date>, 30 F.R. 8819, <ref href="/us/stat/79/1318">79 Stat. 1318</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="amendments" id="id2701c407-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Amendments</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">1960—<ref href="/us/pl/86/409">Pub. L. 86–409</ref> struck out provisions which restricted the Coast and Geodetic Survey in the conduct of its specified activities to the United States, its Territories and possessions, and which restricted hydrographic and topographic surveys to surveys of coastal water and land areas (including offlying islands, banks, shoals, and other offshore areas), and to surveys of lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and other inland waters not otherwise provided for by statute.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I85" topic="transferOfFunctions" id="id2701c408-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38">
<heading class="centered smallCaps">Transfer of Functions</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Functions of Secretary and other officers of Department of Commerce under sections 883a to 883h of this title that relate to the Office of Aeronautical Charting and Cartography to provide aeronautical charts, products, and services for safe and efficient navigation of air commerce transferred to Administrator of Federal Aviation Administration effective <date date="2000-10-01">Oct. 1, 2000</date>, see <ref href="/us/usc/t49/s44721/c/1">section 44721(c)(1) of Title 49</ref>, Transportation.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">Office of Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey abolished and Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with Weather Bureau to form a new agency in Department of Commerce to be known as Environmental Science Services Administration, by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. <date date="1965-07-13">July 13, 1965</date>, 30 F.R. 8819, <ref href="/us/stat/79/1318">79 Stat. 1318</ref>, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t33/s851">section 851 of this title</ref>. The Reorg. Plan also transferred to Secretary of Commerce all functions of Coast and Geodetic Survey and Director. For further details, see note set out under <ref href="/us/usc/t33/s851">section 851 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="miscellaneous" id="id2701c409-f67d-11e5-9f42-c848129ffd38"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Great Lakes Mapping</heading><p><ref href="/us/pl/100/220/tIII">Pub. L. 100–220, title III</ref>, subtitle B, <date date="1987-12-29">Dec. 29, 1987</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/101/1475">101 Stat. 1475</ref>, as amended by <ref href="/us/pl/100/629">Pub. L. 100–629</ref>, § 3, <date date="1988-11-07">Nov. 7, 1988</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/102/3286">102 Stat. 3286</ref>, provided that:<quotedContent origin="/us/pl/100/629">
<section style="-uslm-lc:I580467"><num value="3201">“SEC. 3201.</num><heading> SHORT TITLE.</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“This subtitle may be cited as the ‘Great Lakes Shoreline Mapping Act of 1987’.</p>
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<section style="-uslm-lc:I580467"><num value="3202">“SEC. 3202.</num><heading> GREAT LAKES SHORELINE MAPPING PLAN.</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="a">“(a)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Preparation of Plan</inline>.—</heading><content>Not later than nine months after the date of the enactment of this subtitle [<date date="1987-12-29">Dec. 29, 1987</date>], the Director, in consultation with the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall submit to the Congress a plan for preparing maps of the shoreline of the Great Lakes under section 3203.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="b">“(b)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Content of Plan</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>A plan prepared under paragraph (1) shall include—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1)</num><content> a work proposal and a division of responsibilities between the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Geological Survey;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2)</num><content> a time schedule for completion of maps;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3)</num><content> recommendation of funding needed for preparing the maps; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="4">“(4)</num><content> an area mapping schedule, with first priority given to shoreline areas subject to a high risk of erosion or flooding.</content>
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<section style="-uslm-lc:I580467"><num value="3203">“SEC. 3203.</num><heading> PREPARATION OF GREAT LAKES SHORELINE MAPS.</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="a">“(a)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">In General</inline>.—</heading><content>The [sic] following completion of a shoreline mapping plan under section 3202 and subject to authorization and appropriation of funds, the Director, in consultation with the Director of the United States Geological Survey, shall prepare maps of the shoreline areas of the Great Lakes.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="b">“(b)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Content of Maps</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Maps prepared under this section—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1)</num><chapeau> shall include—</chapeau><subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I23" class="indent2"><num value="A">“(A)</num><content> bathymetry of the nearshore area, to the extent that this area will affect coastal erosion and flooding;</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I23" class="indent2"><num value="B">“(B)</num><content> topography of the adjacent shoreline, to the extent that this area will directly affect or be affected by coastal erosion and flooding;</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I23" class="indent2"><num value="C">“(C)</num><content> the geological conditions of the nearshore area and shoreline to the extent that these areas will directly affect or be affected by coastal erosion and flooding;</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I23" class="indent2"><num value="D">“(D)</num><content> information on the recent geological past of the nearshore area and shoreline areas described in paragraph (3); and</content>
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<subparagraph style="-uslm-lc:I23" class="indent2"><num value="E">“(E)</num><content> appropriate information for use in predicting and preventing damage caused by erosion and flooding in the Great Lakes;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2)</num><content> shall be of appropriate scale and detail and take into account the greater informational needs of areas subject to a high risk of erosion or flooding; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3)</num><content> to the maximum extent practicable, shall be consistent with similar shoreline maps prepared by, or for the use of, the Government of Canada.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="c">“(c)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Consultation</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>In preparing maps under this section, the Director shall consult with, and take into consideration, the informational needs of—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1)</num><content> the Army Corps of Engineers;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2)</num><content> the Federal Emergency Management Agency;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3)</num><content> other appropriate Federal agencies;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="4">“(4)</num><content> the States of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="5">“(5)</num><content> appropriate local government units; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="6">“(6)</num><content> the general public.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="d">“(d)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Availability of Maps</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>The Director shall make maps prepared under this section available to—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1)</num><content> Federal agencies;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2)</num><content> State governments;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3)</num><content> local government units;</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="4">“(4)</num><content> the Government of Canada; and</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="5">“(5)</num><content> the general public.</content>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0"><num value="e">“(e)</num><heading> <inline class="small-caps">Recovery of Costs</inline>.—</heading><content>The costs of reproducing and distributing maps prepared under this section may be recovered under <ref href="/us/usc/t31/s9701">section 9701 of title 31</ref>, United States Code, or another law.</content>
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<section style="-uslm-lc:I580467"><num value="3204">“SEC. 3204.</num><heading> CONTRACT AUTHORITY.</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“The Director may, subject to appropriations, enter into contracts and agreements on a reimbursable or cost-sharing basis with other Federal agencies, State governments, local governments, and private entities, to carry out this subtitle.</p>
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<section style="-uslm-lc:I580467"><num value="3205">“SEC. 3205.</num><heading> DEFINITIONS.</heading><chapeau>“For purposes of this subtitle—</chapeau><paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="1">“(1)</num><content> The term ‘Director’ means the Director of Charting and Geodetic Services of the National Ocean Service, within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="2">“(2)</num><content> The term ‘Great Lakes’ means Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake St. Clair, Lake Superior, the Saint Mary’s River, the Saint Clair River, the Detroit River, the Niagara River, the Saint Lawrence River to the Canadian border, to the extent such lakes and rivers are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.</content>
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<paragraph style="-uslm-lc:I22" class="indent1"><num value="3">“(3)</num><content> The term ‘high risk of erosion’ means subject to erosion at a rate greater than 1 foot per year.</content>
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<section style="-uslm-lc:I580467"><num value="3206">“SEC. 3206.</num><heading> AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">“There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 3202 not more than $100,000 for fiscal year 1989. Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall remain available until expended.”</p>
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<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">[For transfer of all functions, personnel, assets, components, authorities, grant programs, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Under Secretary for Federal Emergency Management relating thereto, to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, see <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s315/a/1">section 315(a)(1) of Title 6</ref>, Domestic Security.]</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">[For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, including the functions of the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see former section 313(1) and sections 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of <date date="2002-11-25">November 25, 2002</date>, as modified, set out as a note under <ref href="/us/usc/t6/s542">section 542 of Title 6</ref>.]</p>
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