33 USC § 3063 - Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s3063"
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title: "33 USC § 3063 - Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3063"
section_name: "Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments"
chapter_number: 43
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "SERVICE OF OFFICERS WITH THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 253, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3091.)"
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# § 3063. Rules and regulations when cooperating with military departments

**(a)** **Joint regulations** The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly prescribe regulations—

**(1)** governing the duties to be performed by the Administration in time of war; and

**(2)** providing for the cooperation of the Administration with the military departments in time of peace in preparation for its duties in time of war.

**(b)** **Approval** Regulations under subsection (a) shall not be effective unless approved by each of those Secretaries.

**(c)** **Communications** Regulations under subsection (a) may provide procedures for making reports and communications between a military department and the Administration.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 107–372, title II, § 253, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3091.)

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