ACT OF AUGUST 6, 1947 (COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY) [Public Law 89-702, Approved Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091] [Amended through Public Law 106-181, Apr. 5, 2000] AN ACT To define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, [33 U.S.C. 883a] to provide charts and related information for the safe navigation of marine and air commerce, and to provide basic data for engineering and scientific purposes and for other commercial and industrial needs, the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, hereinafter referred to as the Director, under direction of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to conduct the following activities in the United States, its Territories, and possessions: (1) Hydrographic and topographic surveys of coastal water and land areas (including surveys of offlying islands, banks, shoals, and other offshore areas); (2) Hydrographic and topographic surveys of lakes, rivers, reservoirs, and other inland waters not otherwise provided for by statute; (3) Tide and current observations; (4) Geodetic-control surveys; (5) Field surveys for aeronautical charts; (6) Geomagnetic, seismological, gravity, and related geophysical measurements and investigations, and observations for the determination of variation in latitude and longitude. SEC. 2. [33 U.S.C. 883b] In order that full public benefit may be derived from the operations of the Coast and Geodetic Survey by the dissemination of data resulting from the activities herein authorized and of related data from other sources, the Director is authorized to conduct the following activities: (1) Analysis and prediction of tide and current data; (2) Processing and publication of data, information, compilations, and reports; (3) Compilation and printing of nautical charts; (4) Distribution of nautical charts and related navigational publications. SEC. 3. [33 U.S.C. 883c] To provide for the orderly collection of geomagnetic data from domestic and foreign sources, and to assure that such data shall be readily available to Government and private agencies and individuals, the Coast and Geodetic Survey is hereby designated as the central depository of the United States Government for geomagnetic data, and the Director is authorized to collect, correlate, and disseminate such data. SEC. 4. [33 U.S.C. 883d] To improve the efficiency of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and to increase engineering and scientific knowledge, the Director is authorized to conduct developmental work for the improvement of surveying and cartographic methods, instruments, and equipments; and to conduct investigations and research in geophysical sciences (including geodesy, oceanography, seismology, and geomagnetism). SEC. 5. [33 U.S.C. 883e] (1) The Director is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements, or any other agreements, with, and to receive and expend funds made available by, any State or subdivision thereof, or any public or private organization, or individual, for surveys or investigations authorized herein, or for performing related surveying and mapping activities, including special-purpose maps, and for the preparation and publication of the results thereof. 1 (2) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized to establish the terms of any agreement entered into under this section, including the amount of funds to be received, and may contribute that portion of the costs incurred by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including shiptime and personnel expenses, which the Secretary determines represents the amount of benefits derived by the Administration from the agreement. SEC. 6. [33 U.S.C. 883f] The Director is authorized to contract with qualified organizations for the performance of any part of the authorized functions of the Coast and Geodetic Survey when he deems such procedure to be in the public interests. [SEC. 7. Repealed by section 4(a)(2) of Public Law 88-611, 78 Stat. 991] SEC. 8. [33 U.S.C. 883h] The President is authorized to cause to be employed such of the public vessels as he deems it expedient to employ, and to give such instructions for regulating their conduct as he deems proper in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. SEC. 9. [33 U.S.C. 8831] There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to acquire, construct, maintain, and operate ships, stations, equipment, and facilities and for such other expenditures, including personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere and including the erection of temporary observatory buildings and lease of sites therefor, as may be necessary for the conduct of the activities herein authorized. [SEC. 10. Repeals various sections of the Revised Statutes of the United States.] 1 Section 605(b)(2) of Public Law 106-181 (114 Stat. 154) amends section 5(2) by striking "cooperative". The amendment was executed by striking such word both places it appeared to reflect the probable intent of the Congress. MARINE PROTECTION, RESEARCH, AND SANCTUARIES ACT OF 1972 [Public Law 92–532, Approved Oct. 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 1052] [Amended through Public Law 106-562, Dec. 23, 2000] AN ACT To regulate the transportation for dumping, and the dumping, of material into ocean waters, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, [33 U.S.C. 1401 nt] That this Act may be cited as the "Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972". FINDING, POLICY, AND PURPOSE SEC. 2. [33 U.S.C. 1401] (a) Unregulated dumping of material into ocean waters endangers human health, welfare, and amenities, and the marine environment, ecological systems, and economic potentialities. (b) The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to regulate the dumping of all types of materials into ocean waters and to prevent or strictly limit the dumping into ocean waters of any material which would adversely affect human health, welfare, or amenities, or the marine environment, ecological systems, or economic potentialities. (c) It is the purpose of this Act to regulate (1) the transportation by any person of material from the United States and, in the case of United States vessels, aircraft, or agencies, the transportation of material from a location outside the United States, when in either case the transportation is for the purpose of dumping the material into ocean waters, and (2) the dumping of material transported by any person from a location outside the United States, if the dumping occurs in the territorial sea or the contiguous zone of the United States. DEFINITIONS SEC. 3. [33 U.S.C. 1402] For the purposes of this Act the term (a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (b) "Ocean waters" means those waters of the open seas lying seaward of the base line from which the territorial sea is measured, as provided for in the Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (15 UST 1606; TIAS 5639). (c) "Material" means matter of any kind or description, including, but not limited to, dredged material, solid waste, incinerator residue, garbage, sewage, sewage sludge, munitions, radiological, chemical, and biological warfare agents, radioactive materials, |