Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§3063 Rules and Regulations When Cooperating with Military Departments

Title 33 › CHAPTER 43 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS › SUBCHAPTER IV — SERVICE OF OFFICERS WITH THE MILITARY DEPARTMENTS › § 3063

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce must write joint rules that say what the Administration must do in wartime and how it will work with the military in peacetime to get ready for those wartime duties. Those rules only take effect if both Secretaries approve them, and they can include steps for how the military and the Administration send reports and communicate.

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Title 33, §3063

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(a)Joint regulations

The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce shall jointly prescribe regulations—

(1)governing the duties to be performed by the Administration in time of war; and

(2)providing for the cooperation of the Administration with the military departments in time of peace in preparation for its duties in time of war.

(b)Approval

Regulations under subsection (a) shall not be effective unless approved by each of those Secretaries.

(c)Communications

Regulations under subsection (a) may provide procedures for making reports and communications between a military department and the Administration.

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Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 858 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–372.

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33 U.S.C. § 3063

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110