# 310.1 Definitions.
For purposes of this subpart A:
(a) *The 1958 Act* means the Maritime Academy Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85-672.
(b) *Act* means the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-453, as amended.
(c) *Administration* means the Maritime Administration, United States Department of Transportation.
(d) *Agreement* means an agreement between a State, or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college and the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation as authorized by the 1958 Act or the Act and set forth in § 310.13 of this part.
(e) *Secretary* means Secretary of Transportation.
(f) *Maritime Administrator* means the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.
(g) *Cadet* means cadet enrolled in the United States Maritime Service and in good standing at a State or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the 1958 Act.
(h) *Commanding Officer* means the Commanding Officer of a training ship furnished by the Administration.
(i) *Cost of Education Provided* means the financial costs incurred by the Federal Government in providing student incentive payments for students at the State maritime academies.
(j) *Deputy* means the Deputy Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.
(k) *Maritime Service* means the United States Maritime Service.
(l) *Midshipman* means a student in good standing at a State maritime academy or college who has accepted midshipman status in the United States Naval Reserve (including the Merchant Marine Reserve, United States Naval Reserve) under the Act.
(m) *Officers* means all officers and faculty employed by a State maritime academy or college.
(n) *Region Director* means the Director of the Administration's region office in which a School is located or in which a training ship is located.
(o) *School* means State or Territorial or regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the Act.
(p) *Superintendent* means the superintendent or president of a School.
(q) *Supervisor* means the employee of the Administration designated to supervise the Federal Government's interest in a School under the provisions of the Act, an agreement, and this subpart.
(r) *Training Ship* means a vessel used for training by a school and furnished by the Administration to a State or Territory, and includes the ship itself and all its equipment, apparel, appliances, machinery boilers, spare and replacement parts and other property contained in it.
[46 FR 37694, July 22, 1981, as amended at 69 FR 31901, June 8, 2004]