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33 USC § 3507 - Definitions

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title: "33 USC § 3507 - Definitions"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "3507"
section_name: "Definitions"
chapter_number: 48
chapter_name: "OCEAN AND COASTAL MAPPING INTEGRATION"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12210, formerly § 12208, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1426; renumbered § 12210 and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10307(b)(1)(C), (e)(1), (g), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3976, 3978, 3979.)"
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# § 3507. Definitions

In this chapter:

**1** **Administrator** [^1]

The term “Administrator’ ”  means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

So in original. Closing single quotation mark probably should not appear.

**(2)** **Coastal state** section 1453(4) of title 16

The term “coastal state” has the meaning given that term by .

**(3)** **Working Group** section 3502 of this title

The term “Working Group” means the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping under .

**(4)** **Exclusive economic zone** March 10, 1983

The term “exclusive economic zone” means the exclusive economic zone of the United States established by Presidential Proclamation No. 5030, of .

**(5)** **Ocean and coastal mapping** The term “ocean and coastal mapping” means the acquisition, processing, management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of physical, biological, geological, chemical, and archaeological characteristics and boundaries of ocean and coastal areas, resources, and sea beds through the use of acoustics, satellites, aerial photogrammetry, light and imaging, direct sampling, and other mapping technologies.

**(6)** **Territorial sea** December 27, 1988

The term “territorial sea” means the belt of sea measured from the baseline of the United States determined in accordance with international law, as set forth in Presidential Proclamation Number 5928, dated .

**2** **Nongovernmental entities** [^2]

The term “nongovernmental entities” includes nongovernmental organizations, members of the academic community, and private sector organizations that provide products and services associated with measuring, locating, and preparing maps, charts, surveys, aerial photographs, satellite imagines, or other graphical or digital presentations depicting natural or manmade physical features, phenomena, and legal boundaries of the Earth.

So in original. Probably should be “images,”.

**(8)** **Outer Continental Shelf** section 1301 of title 43

The term “Outer Continental Shelf” means all submerged lands lying seaward and outside of lands beneath navigable waters (as that term is defined in ), and of which the subsoil and seabed appertain to the United States and are subject to its jurisdiction and control.

**(9)** **Coastal Indian Tribe** section 5304 of title 25

The term “coastal Indian Tribe” means an “Indian Tribe”, as defined in , the land of which is located in a coastal State.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12210, formerly § 12208, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1426; renumbered § 12210 and amended Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title CIII, § 10307(b)(1)(C), (e)(1), (g), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3976, 3978, 3979.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Presidential Proclamation No. 5030, referred to in par. (4), is set out under , Conservation.

Presidential Proclamation Number 5928, referred to in par. (6), is set out under , Public Lands.

### Amendments

2022—Par. (3). , amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘Committee’ means the Interagency Ocean and Coastal Mapping Committee established by .”

Par. (5). , substituted “processing, management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination” for “processing, and management”.

Par. (9). , added par. (9).