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[CITE: 33USC892c]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES
 
Sec. 892c. Reports


(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 105-383, title IV, Sec. 432(c), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 
        Stat. 3445

(b) Maintaining Federal expertise in hydrographic services

                           (1) In general

        Not later than 6 months after November 13, 1998, the 
    Administrator shall report to the Congress on a plan to ensure that 
    Federal competence and expertise in hydrographic surveying will be 
    maintained after the decommissioning of the 3 existing 
    Administration hydrographic survey vessels.

                            (2) Contents

        The report shall include--
            (A) an evaluation of the seagoing capacity, personnel, and 
        equipment necessary to maintain Federal expertise in 
        hydrographic services;
            (B) an estimated schedule for decommissioning the 3 existing 
        survey vessels;
            (C) a plan to maintain Federal expertise in hydrographic 
        services after the decommissioning of these vessels; and
            (D) an estimate of the cost of carrying out this plan.

(Pub. L. 105-384, title III, Sec. 305, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3456; 
Pub. L. 105-383, title IV, Sec. 432(c), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3445.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-383, which directed the amendment of this section 
by striking out subsecs. (a) and (d), was executed by striking out 
subsec. (a), because no subsec. (d) has been enacted. Prior to 
amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows:
    ``(a) Ports.--Not later than 6 months after November 13, 1998, the 
Administrator and the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall report to the 
Congress on--
        ``(1) the status of implementation of real-time tide and current 
    data systems in United States ports;
        ``(2) existing safety and efficiency needs in United States 
    ports that could be met by increased use of those systems; and
        ``(3) a plan for expanding those systems to meet those needs, 
    including an estimate of the cost of implementing those systems in 
    priority locations.''


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Pub. L. 105-383, title IV, Sec. 432(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 
3444, provided that: ``Subsections (b) and (c) [amending this section 
and section 892d of this title] shall take effect immediately after the 
later of--
        ``(1) the enactment of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
    of 1998 [Pub. L. 105-384, title III, Nov. 13, 1998]; or
        ``(2) the enactment of this Act [Nov. 13, 1998].''
