33 U.S.C. § 4101 — Definitions

In this chapter: (1) “Administration” means NOAA. (2) “Administrator” means the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and NOAA Administrator. (3) “Cooperative activities of the Administration” means activities between NOAA and an outside entity, including the listed cooperative institutes, colleges, reserves, program, and regional associations. (4) “Data specifications” means the type, resolution, timing, and quality of data an Administration program requires. (5) “Test or training range” means an area designated to operate unmanned maritime or other systems to evaluate performance or train personnel in operating procedures. It may include fixed or portable instruments for operating those systems. (6) “Unmanned maritime systems” means commercially produced remotely operated or autonomous vehicles designed to work without a person aboard, possibly including control and communications, instruments, data-transmission, and processing systems. The term includes unmanned undersea, unmanned surface, autonomous underwater, and autonomous surface vehicles. It also includes unmanned or autonomous aircraft used to address maritime issues when the Administrator decides that inclusion is necessary and appropriate to achieve this chapter’s purposes.