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PUBLIC LAW 94-461—OCT. 8, 1976 g r a n t program, initially established in 1966, to promote research, education, training, and advisory service activities in fields related to ocean and coastal resources. "SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. "As used in this title— " (1) The term 'Administration' means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. " (2) The term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. " (3) The term 'Director' means the Director of the national sea g r a n t program, appointed pursuant to section 204(b). " (4) The term 'field related to ocean and coastal resources' means any discipline or field (including marine science (and the physical, n a t u r a l, and biological sciences, and engineering, included therein), marine technology, education, economics, sociology, communications, planning, law, international affairs, and public administration) which is concerned with or likely to improve the understanding, assessment, development, utilization, or conservation of ocean and coastal resources. " (5) The term 'includes' and variants thereof should be read as if the phrase 'but is not limited to' were also set forth. " (6) The term 'marine environment' means the coastal zone, as defined in section 304(1) of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1 4 5 3 (1)); the seabed, subsoil, and waters of the territorial sea of the United States; the waters of any zone over which the United States asserts exclusive fishery management authority; the waters of the high seas; and the seabed and subsoil of and beyond the outer Continental Shelf. " (7) The term 'ocean and coastal resource' means any resource (whether living, nonliving, manmade, tangible, intangible, actual, or potential) which is located in, derived from, or traceable to, the marine environment. Such term includes the habitat of any such living resource, the coastal space, the ecosystems, the nutrientrich areas, and the other components of the marine environment which contribute to or provide (or which are capable of contributing to or providing) recreational, scenic, esthetic, biological, habitational, commercial, economic, or conservation values. Living resources include natural and cultured plant life, fish, shellfish, marine mammals, and wildlife. Nonliving resources include energy sources, minerals, and chemical substances. " (8) The term ' p a n e l ' means the sea g r a n t review panel established under section 209. " (9) The term 'person' means any individual; any public or private corporation, partnership, or other association or entity (inchuling any sea g r a n t college, sea g r a n t regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, or laboratory); or any State, political subdivision of a State, or agency or officer thereof. "(10) The term 'sea grant college' means any public or private institution of higher education which is designated as such by the Secretary under section 207. " (11) The term 'sea grant program' means any program which— " (A) is administered by any sea grant college, sea g r a n t regional consortium, institution of higher education, institute, laboratory, or State or local agency; and " (B) includes two or more projects involving one or more of the following activities in fields related to ocean and coastal resources:

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