§ 891f.
In implementing the NOAA fleet replacement and modernization program, the Secretary, acting through the Assistant Administrator of NOAA for Marine and Aviation Operations, shall use excess capacity of UNOLS vessels where appropriate and may enter into memoranda of agreement with the operators of these vessels to carry out this requirement.
([Pub. L. 102–567, title VI, § 608], Oct. 29, 1992, [106 Stat. 4303]; [Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8402(a)(4)], Dec. 18, 2025, [139 Stat. 1910].)