15 CFR § 997.22 - Membership policy.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s997.22"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 997.22 - Membership policy."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "997.22"
section_name: "Membership policy."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION BY NOAA OF NON-FEDERAL ASSETS INTO THE INTEGRATED COASTAL AND OCEAN OBSERVATION SYSTEM"
part_number: "997"
part_name: "REGIONAL COASTAL OBSERVING SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 3602-3603."
regulatory_source: "79 FR 32460, June 5, 2014, as amended at 87 FR 16634, Mar. 24, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "997"
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# 997.22 Membership policy.

The application shall describe:

(a) The process by which individuals or organizations may formally participate in the governance activities of the RCOS;

(b) The rights and responsibilities of this participation;

(c) The process by which the 

RCOS strives for organizational diversity through intra-regional geographic representation, and diversity of activities and interests from both public and private sectors; and

(d) How the RCOS allows for participation from adjacent regions or nations.