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[CITE: 33USC891f]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
 
                SUBCHAPTER III--NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION
 
Sec. 891f. Use of vessels


(a) Vessel agreements

    In implementing the NOAA fleet replacement and modernization 
program, the Secretary shall use excess capacity of UNOLS vessels where 
appropriate and may enter into memoranda of agreement with the operators 
of these vessels to carry out this requirement.

(b) Report to Congress

    Within one year after October 29, 1992, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall provide a report to Congress, in consultation 
with the Secretary, comparing the cost-efficiency, accounting, and 
operating practices of the vessels of NOAA, UNOLS, other Federal 
agencies, and the United States private sector in meeting the missions 
of NOAA.

(Pub. L. 102-567, title VI, Sec. 608, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4303.)
