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§857–15 Reports

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 17— - NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 857–15

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Summary

The Committee must send a yearly report to the President and Congress that gives a selective review of how the nation’s marine and atmospheric activities are doing. The Committee must also send any other reports the President or Congress requests. Each annual report must also go to the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce has 60 days after receiving it to send comments and recommendations to the President and Congress. Each annual report is due no later than June 30 of each year, starting June 30, 1978.

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Title 33, §857–15

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(a)The Committee shall submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress setting forth an assessment, on a selective basis, of the status of the Nation’s marine and atmospheric activities, and shall submit such other reports as may from time to time be requested by the President or the Congress.
(b)Each annual report shall also be submitted to the Secretary of Commerce, who shall, within 60 days after receipt thereof, transmit his or her comments and recommendations to the President and to the Congress.
(c)The annual report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted on or before June 30 of each year, beginning with June 30, 1978.

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Prior Provisions

A provision similar to that contained in this section, which required an annual report, beginning June 30, 1972, from the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere as originally established on Aug. 16, 1971, was contained in section 857–9 of this title prior to repeal by section 7(a) of Pub. L. 95–63.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec. (a) of this section relating to submitting an annual report to Congress and provisions in subsec. (b) of this section relating to annually transmitting comments and recommendations to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and pages 50 and 177 of House Document No. 103–7. Termination of Advisory CommitteesAdvisory committees established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a committee established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such committee is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a committee established by the Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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33 U.S.C. § 857–15

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

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