12 2 STA T .4 1 06PUBLIC LA W 110 –38 6 —O CT. 10 , 2008 PublicLaw1 1 0–386 110 thCongres s A n Act Toreauth or iz ea nd a m end the Hy dro g ra p hi cS er v ice sI mprovement A ct , and f or other purposes .Beit e nac te dby t h e S enate and Hous eo fR e pr esentati v es of the U nited States of Am erica in C on g ress assemb l ed ,SECTION.1 .S H O R T TIT L E. ThisActmaybe cite d as the ‘ ‘ H yd rog ra p hic S er v ices I mprove - me n t Act Amendments o f20 0 8’ ’ . SEC. 2 . D E F INITIONS. Section 3 03 of the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 19 98 ( 33 U .S. C . 892 ) is amended by stri k ing paragraphs (3) , ( 4 ),and( 5 ) and inserting the fo l lo w ing
‘‘(3) H YDROG R APHIC DA T A. — The term ‘hydrographic data’ means information that— ‘‘(A) is ac qu ired through— ‘‘(i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photogrammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, or shoreline and other ocean- and coastal-related surveying
‘‘(ii) geodetic, geospatial, or geomagnetic measure- ments; ‘‘(iii) tide, water level, and current observations; or ‘‘(iv) other methods; and ‘‘( B ) is used in providing hydrographic services. ‘‘(4) HYDROGRAPHIC SE R V ICES.—The term ‘hydrographic services’ means— ‘‘(A) the management, maintenance, interpretation, cer- tification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodetic, geospatial, geomagnetic, and tide, water level, and current information, including the production of nautical charts, nautical information databases, and other products derived from hydrographic data; ‘‘(B) the development of nautical information systems; and ‘‘(C) related activities. ‘‘(5) COAST A N D GEODETIC S U RVEY ACT.—The term ‘Coast and G eodetic Survey Act’ means the Act entitled ‘An Act to define the functions and duties of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for other purposes’, approved August 6 , 194 7 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).’’. Hydrog r aphicSe r v ice sIm proveme ntA ct Amendments o f20 0 8.3 3 U S C 8 51 note. O ct. 10 , 2008 [ S. 1582 ]
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