33 U.S.C. § 1122 : US Code - Section 1122: Definitions

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1122 : US Code - Section 1122: Definitions

As used in this subchapter -
(1) The term "Administration" means the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
(2) The term "Director" means the Director of the national sea
grant college program, appointed pursuant to section 1123(b) (!1)
of this title.
(3) the (!2) term "director of a sea grant college" means a
person designated by his or her institution to direct a sea grant
college or sea grant institute.
(4) The term "field related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes
resources" means any discipline or field, including marine
affairs, resource management, technology, education, or science,
which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding,
assessment, development, utilization, or conservation of ocean,
coastal, or Great Lakes resources.
(5) The term "institution" means any public or private
institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State
or local agency.
(6) The term "includes" and variants thereof should be read as
if the phrase "but is not limited to" were also set forth.
(7) The term "ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources" means
the resources that are located in, derived from, or traceable to,
the seabed, subsoil, and waters of -
(A) the coastal zone, as defined in section 1453(1) of title
16;
(B) the Great Lakes;
(C) Lake Champlain (to the extent that such resources have
hydrological, biological, physical, or geological
characteristics and problems similar or related to those of the
Great Lakes);
(D) the territorial sea;
(E) the exclusive economic zone;
(F) the Outer Continental Shelf; and
(G) the high seas.
(8) The term "resource" means -
(A) living resources (including natural and cultured plant
life, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and wildlife);
(B) nonliving resources (including energy sources, minerals,
and chemical substances);
(C) the habitat of a living resource, the coastal space, the
ecosystems, the nutrient-rich areas, and the other components
of the marine environment that contribute to or provide (or
which are capable of contributing to or providing)
recreational, scenic, esthetic, biological, habitational,
commercial, economic, or conservation values; and
(D) man-made, tangible, intangible, actual, or potential
resources.
(9) The term "panel" means the sea grant review panel
established under section 1128 of this title.
(10) The term "person" means any individual; any public or
private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity
(including any sea grant college, sea grant institute or other
institution); or any State, political subdivision of a State, or
agency or officer thereof.
(11) The term "project" means any individually described
activity in a field related to ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes
resources involving research, education, training, or advisory
services administered by a person with expertise in such a field.
(12) The term "sea grant college" means any institution, or any
association or alliance of two or more such institutions,
designated as such by the Secretary under section 1126 of this
title.
(13) The term "sea grant institute" means any institution, or
any association or alliance of two or more such institutions,
designated as such by the Secretary under section 1126 of this
title.
(14) The term "sea grant program" means a program of research
and outreach which is administered by one or more sea grant
colleges or sea grant institutes.
(15) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Commerce,
acting through the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
Atmosphere.
(16) The term "State" means any State of the United States, the
District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Mariana
Islands, or any other territory or possession of the United
States.