15 CFR § 998.40 - Purpose.

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title: "15 CFR § 998.40 - Purpose."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "998.40"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS OF NOAA MARINE AND AVIATION"
part_number: "998"
part_name: "MARINE AND AVIATION OPERATIONS"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "33 U.S.C. 3001"
regulatory_source: "87 FR 31708, May 25, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
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# 998.40 Purpose.

This subpart—

(a) Establishes policy and implements 33 U.S.C. 3071(a)(8), (a)(13), (b), and (c) to provide protection against reprisal to NOAA Corps officers for making or preparing or being perceived as making or preparing a protected communication.

(b) Assigns responsibilities and delegates authority for such protection against reprisal and prescribes procedures.