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[CITE: 33USC892d]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
                    CHAPTER 17--NATIONAL OCEAN SURVEY
 
                SUBCHAPTER IV--NOAA HYDROGRAPHIC SERVICES
 
Sec. 892d. Authorization of appropriations

    There is authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator the 
following:
        (1) To carry out nautical mapping and charting functions under 
    the Act of 1947 and sections 892a and 892b of this title, except for 
    conducting hydrographic surveys, $33,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, 
    $34,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $35,000,000 for fiscal year 
    2001.
        (2) To conduct hydrographic surveys under section 892a(a)(1) of 
    this title, including the leasing of ships, $33,000,000 for fiscal 
    year 1999, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, and $37,000,000 for 
    fiscal year 2001. Of these amounts, no more than $16,000,000 is 
    authorized for any one fiscal year to operate hydrographic survey 
    vessels owned and operated by the Administration.
        (3) To carry out geodetic functions under the Act of 1947, 
    $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2000, 
    and $30,000,000 for fiscal year 2001.
        (4) To carry out tide and current measurement functions under 
    the Act of 1947, $22,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 
    2001. Of these amounts $4,500,000 is authorized for each fiscal year 
    to implement and operate a national quality control system for real-
    time tide and current and maintain the national tide network, and 
    $7,000,000 is authorized for each fiscal year to design and install 
    real-time tide and current data measurement systems under section 
    892a(b)(4) of this title.

(Pub. L. 105-384, title III, Sec. 306, Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3457; 
Pub. L. 105-383, title IV, Sec. 432(b), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3445.)


                               Amendments

    1998--Pub. L. 105-383 amended section generally, substituting 
present provisions for substantially identical provisions.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 105-383 effective immediately after enactment 
of Pub. L. 105-384, Nov. 13, 1998, see section 432(a) of Pub. L. 105-
383, set out as a note under section 892c of this title.
