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[CITE: 33USC857-1]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 857-1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
        definitions
        
    Definitions listed in section 101 of title 10 apply to this Act, 
except as noted below:
        (1) ``active duty'' means full-time duty in the active service 
    of a uniformed service;
        (2) ``Administration'' means the National Oceanic and 
    Atmospheric Administration;
        (3) ``grade'' means a step or degree, in a graduated scale of 
    office or rank, that is established and designated as a grade by law 
    or regulation;
        (4) ``officer'' means a commissioned officer;
        (5) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce;
        (6) ``Secretary concerned'' is defined in section 101 of title 
    37;
        (7) ``uniformed services'' is defined in section 101 of title 
    37.

(Pub. L. 91-621, Sec. 1, Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1863.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in text, means Pub. L. 91-621, Dec. 31, 1970, 
84 Stat. 1863, as amended, which enacted sections 857-1 to 857-5 of this 
title, amended sections 1715g and 1715m of Title 12, Banks and Banking, 
and sections 101 and 3105 (now 5305) of Title 38, Veterans' Benefits, 
and enacted provisions set out as notes under this section and section 
101 of Title 38. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, 
see Tables.


                                 Repeals

    Section 8 of Pub. L. 91-621 provided that: ``All provisions of law 
inconsistent with this Act [see References in Text note above] are 
hereby repealed.''
