{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1447a.","heading":"Definitions","text":"\u00a7\u202f1447a.\nDefinitions\nAs used in this chapter, the term\u2014\n(1) \u201cBoard\u201d means any Regional Marine Research board\n1\n1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.\nsection 1447b(a) of this title\n(2) \u201cFederal agency\u201d means any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government, including any independent agency or establishment of the Federal Government and any government corporation;\n(3) \u201clocal government\u201d means any city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body which is a political subdivision of a State and which is created pursuant to State law;\n(4) \u201cmarine and coastal waters\u201d means estuaries, waters of the estuarine zone, including wetlands, any other waters seaward of the historic height of tidal influence, the territorial seas, the contiguous zone, and the ocean;\n(5) \u201cnonprofit organization\u201d means any organization, association, or institution described in\nsection 501(c)(3) of title 26\nsection 501(a) of title 26\n(6) \u201cregion\u201d means 1 of the 9 regions described in\nsection 1447b(a) of this title\n(7) \u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s1447a.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1447a."},{"t":"heading","text":"Definitions","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"As used in this chapter, the term\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cBoard\u201d means any Regional Marine Research board\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be capitalized."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSo in original. Probably should be capitalized.","tail":" established pursuant to "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1447b(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1447b/a","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cFederal agency\u201d means any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the Federal Government, including any independent agency or establishment of the Federal Government and any government corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201clocal government\u201d means any city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body which is a political subdivision of a State and which is created pursuant to State law;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cmarine and coastal waters\u201d means estuaries, waters of the estuarine zone, including wetlands, any other waters seaward of the historic height of tidal influence, the territorial seas, the contiguous zone, and the ocean;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cnonprofit organization\u201d means any organization, association, or institution described in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 501(c)(3) of title 26","href":"/us/usc/t26/s501/c/3","tail":" which is exempt from taxation pursuant to "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 501(a) of title 26","href":"/us/usc/t26/s501/a","tail":";"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cregion\u201d means 1 of the 9 regions described in ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 1447b(a) of this title","href":"/us/usc/t16/s1447b/a","tail":"; and"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t16/s1447a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" \u201cState\u201d means a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}