Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§878b Safety and Health Regulations for Scientific and Occupational Diving
Title 33 › CHAPTER 17 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 878b
Summary
Starting March 11, 2009, the Secretary of Commerce can make and enforce safety and health rules for scientific and job-related diving done by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Title 33, §878b
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On and after March 11, 2009, the Secretary of Commerce is permitted to prescribe and enforce standards or regulations affecting safety and health in the context of scientific and occupational diving within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2009, which is title I of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009, which is div. B of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009. Similar ProvisionsProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following prior appropriation act: Pub. L. 110–161, div. B, title I, § 110, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1893.
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33 U.S.C. § 878b
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102