16 U.S.C. § 1447a : US Code - Section 1447A: Definitions

Search 16 U.S.C. § 1447a : US Code - Section 1447A: Definitions

As used in this chapter, the term -
(1) "Board" means any Regional Marine Research board (!1)
established pursuant to section 1447b(a) of this title;
(2) "Federal agency" means any department, agency, or other
instrumentality of the Federal Government, including any
independent agency or establishment of the Federal Government and
any government corporation;
(3) "local government" means any city, town, borough, county,
parish, district, or other public body which is a political
subdivision of a State and which is created pursuant to State
law;
(4) "marine and coastal waters" means estuaries, waters of the
estuarine zone, including wetlands, any other waters seaward of
the historic height of tidal influence, the territorial seas, the
contiguous zone, and the ocean;
(5) "nonprofit organization" means any organization,
association, or institution described in section 501(c)(3) of
title 26 which is exempt from taxation pursuant to section 501(a)
of title 26;
(6) "region" means 1 of the 9 regions described in section
1447b(a) of this title; and
(7) "State" means a State, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.