Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60
§9701 Definitions
Title 15 › Chapter 121— FLOOD LEVEL OBSERVATION, OPERATIONS, AND DECISION SUPPORT › § 9701
Summary
Defines two terms: Administrator is the head of NOAA; State means every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories and possessions.
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Title 15, §9701
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In this chapter:
(1)The term “Administrator” means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(2)The term “State” means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
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References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 117–316, Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4406, known as the Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out below and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Pub. L. 117–316, § 1(a), Dec. 27, 2022, 136 Stat. 4406, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and amending section 8513, 8514, 8515, and 8521 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Flood Level Observation, Operations, and Decision Support Act’ or the ‘FLOODS Act’.”
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15 U.S.C. § 9701
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60