Title 6, Domestic SecurityRelease 119-110

§926 Center of Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness

Title 6 › CHAPTER 3 — SECURITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EVERY PORT › SUBCHAPTER I — SECURITY OF UNITED STATES SEAPORTS › Part B — Port Operations › § 926

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must set up a university-based Center for Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness using the Secretary’s merit-review process for choosing university centers. The Center must follow the Department’s “National Plan To Improve Maritime Domain Awareness” from October 2005. It must build on and recognize work already done at schools like the Naval Postgraduate School, grow expertise in academia and industry, and give educational, technical, and analytical help to federal agencies (including the Coast Guard) to improve interoperability, information sharing, and common IT standards and architecture.

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Title 6, §926

Domestic Security, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment

The Secretary shall establish a university-based Center for Excellence for Maritime Domain Awareness following the merit-review processes and procedures that have been established by the Secretary for selecting university program centers of excellence.

(b)Duties

The Center established under subsection (a) shall—

(1)prioritize its activities based on the “National Plan To Improve Maritime Domain Awareness” published by the Department in October 2005;

(2)recognize the extensive previous and ongoing work and existing competence in the field of maritime domain awareness at numerous academic and research institutions, such as the Naval Postgraduate School;

(3)leverage existing knowledge and continue development of a broad base of expertise within academia and industry in maritime domain awareness; and

(4)provide educational, technical, and analytical assistance to Federal agencies with responsibilities for maritime domain awareness, including the Coast Guard, to focus on the need for interoperability, information sharing, and common information technology standards and architecture.

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Citation

6 U.S.C. § 926

Title 6, Domestic Security

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110