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[CITE: 33USC1107]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
      CHAPTER 22--SEA GRANT COLLEGES AND MARINE SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT
 
       SUBCHAPTER I--MARINE RESOURCES AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT
 
Sec. 1107. Definitions

    For the purposes of this subchapter, the term ``marine science'' 
shall be deemed to apply to oceanographic and scientific endeavors and 
disciplines, and engineering and technology in and with relation to the 
marine environment; and the term ``marine environment'' shall be deemed 
to include (a) the oceans, (b) the Continental Shelf of the United 
States, (c) the Great Lakes, (d) seabed and subsoil of the submarine 
areas adjacent to the coasts of the United States to the depth of two 
hundred meters, or beyond that limit, to where the depths of the 
superjacent waters admit of the exploitation of the natural resources of 
such areas, (e) the seabed and subsoil of similar submarine areas 
adjacent to the coasts of islands which comprise United States 
territory, and (f) the resources thereof.

(Pub. L. 89-454, title I, Sec. 8, June 17, 1966, 80 Stat. 208; Pub. L. 
89-688, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1001.)


                               Amendments

    1966--Pub. L. 89-688 substituted ``this title'' for ``this Act'', 
which, for purposes of codification, has been changed to ``this 
subchapter''.
