In this chapter:

1. (1) The term “Administration” means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
2. (2) The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

(Pub. L. 109–424, § 2, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 2902; Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, § 802, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3653; Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 512(a), Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 128.)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 109–424 and title VIII of Pub. L. 109–479 enacted substantially identical sections. Pub. L. 109–424 was repealed by section 512(a) of Pub. L. 115–25.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title of 2017 Amendment

Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 501, Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 115, provided that:

“This title [enacting sections 3206a and 3208 of this title, amending this section and sections 3202 to 3207 of this title, and enacting and repealing provisions set out as notes under this section] may be cited as the ‘Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act of 2017’.”

Short Title

Pub. L. 109–479, title VIII, § 801, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3653, provided that:

“This title [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Tsunami Warning and Education Act’.”

Pub. L. 109–424, § 1, Dec. 20, 2006, 120 Stat. 2902, which provided that Pub. L. 109–424 could be cited as the Tsunami Warning and Education Act, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 512(a), Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 128.

Construction

Pub. L. 115–25, title V, § 512(b), Apr. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 128, provided that:

“Nothing in this section [repealing

Pub. L. 109–424] may be construed to repeal, or affect in any way, the Tsunami Warning and Education Act [this chapter] enacted as title VIII of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization Act of 2006 (

Public Law 109–479;

33 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.).”