Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§891e–1 Shipyards Located Outside of the United States
Title 33 › CHAPTER 17 — NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION › SUBCHAPTER III — NOAA FLEET MODERNIZATION › § 891e–1
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From December 26, 2007, no funds from any law may pay for NOAA ship work abroad, except for emergency repairs.
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Title 33, §891e–1
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
On and after December 26, 2007, none of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used for the construction, repair (other than emergency repair), overhaul, conversion, or modernization of vessels for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in shipyards located outside of the United States.
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This Act, referred to in text, is div. B of Pub. L. 110–161, Dec. 26, 2007, 121 Stat. 1884, known as the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008, and also as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, and not as part of the NOAA Fleet Modernization Act which comprises this subchapter.
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33 U.S.C. § 891e–1
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102