33 U.S.C. § 4103 — Regular assessment of unmanned maritime systems to support National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration missions
submitted 8 years ago by Pub. L. 115-394 to r/title-33-NAVIGATION-AND-NAVIGABLE-WATERS · 203 words · no verdicts yet
NOAA must regularly assess public and commercial unmanned maritime systems for possible mission use. Its officials must assess scientific suitability, cost, reliability, and consult NOAA, academic, and industry stakeholders.
(a) The Administrator*, through the named NOAA research, operations, and commissioned-officer officials, must regularly assess public and commercial unmanned maritime systems* for possible NOAA missions. (b) Through the Assistant Administrator, the Administrator must assess suitability, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness for required data. (c) Through the Director, the Administrator must assess operational reliability, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness for required observations. (d) The Assistant Administrator and Director must jointly convene and consult the committee established under section 4102(b), and consult NOAA offices, academia, and developers and manufacturers.
The Administrator*, acting through the Assistant Administrator for Oceanic and Atmospheric Research and the Assistant Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration* for Marine and Aviation Operations and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, shall regularly assess publicly and commercially available unmanned maritime systems* for potential use to support missions of the Administration.
The Administrator shall carry out subsection (a) through the Assistant Administrator for all matters relating to assessment of the suitability, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of unmanned maritime systems to meet data specifications required by programs of the Administration.
The Administrator shall carry out subsection (a) through the Director for all matters relating to assessment of whether unmanned maritime systems are operationally reliable, feasible, and cost effective enough to make observations required by programs of the Administration.
The Assistant Administrator and the Director shall jointly—
convene and consult the Unmanned Maritime Systems Ocean Technology Coordinating Committee established under section 4102(b) of this title; and
consult with the heads of other offices of the Administration, the academic sector, and developers and manufacturers of unmanned maritime systems to conduct the assessments under subsection (a).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 115–394, § 4, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5284; Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8401(a)(2), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1908.)
- 2018Enacted · Pub. L. 115-394 · 132 Stat. 5284
- 2025Amended · Pub. L. 119-60 · 139 Stat. 1908
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