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§ 1222. —  Definitions.



[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1222]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
             CHAPTER 25--PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM
 
Sec. 1222. Definitions

    As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires--
        (1) ``Marine environment'' means the navigable waters of the 
    United States and the land and resources therein and thereunder; the 
    waters and fishery resources of any area over which the United 
    States asserts exclusive fishery management authority; the seabed 
    and subsoil of the Outer Continental Shelf of the United States, the 
    resources thereof and the waters superjacent thereto; and the 
    recreational, economic, and scenic values of such waters and 
    resources.
        (2) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the department in which 
    the Coast Guard is operating.
        (3) ``State'' includes each of the several States of the United 
    States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
    the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
    Islands, the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, the 
    Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and any other commonwealth, 
    territory, or possession of the United States.
        (4) ``United States'', when used in geographical context, means 
    all the States thereof.
        (5) ``Navigable waters of the United States'' includes all 
    waters of the territorial sea of the United States as described in 
    Presidential Proclamation No. 5928 of December 27, 1988.

(Pub. L. 92-340, Sec. 3, formerly title I, Sec. 102, July 10, 1972, 86 
Stat. 425; renumbered and amended Pub. L. 95-474, Sec. 2, Oct. 17, 1978, 
92 Stat. 1471; Pub. L. 105-383, title III, Sec. 301(a), Nov. 13, 1998, 
112 Stat. 3417.)

                       References in Text

    For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in par. (3), see section 
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
    Presidential Proclamation No. 5928, referred to in par. (5), is set 
out under section 1331 of Title 43, Public Lands.


                               Amendments

    1998--Par. (5). Pub. L. 105-383, which directed the amendment of 
section 102 of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act by adding par. (5), 
was executed to this section, which is section 3 of that act, to reflect 
the probable intent of Congress and the renumbering of section 102 as 
section 3 by Pub. L. 95-474.
    1978--Pub. L. 95-474 substituted provision relating to definitions 
for provision defining ``United States'', permitting higher State or 
local safety standards, and providing for consultation with appropriate 
agencies, the inapplicability of this chapter to the Panama Canal, 
delegation of powers with respect to the Saint Lawrence Seaway, and 
factors to be considered in issuance of regulations.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the 
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of 
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security, 
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of 
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, 
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.

          Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

    For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note 
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular 
Possessions.



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