[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR917.20]

[Page 83]
 
                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 917_NATIONAL SEA GRANT PROGRAM FUNDING REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
                       Subpart C_National Projects
 
Sec. 917.20  General.


    (a) 33 U.S.C. 1125 requires the Secretary to identify specific 
national needs and problems relative to ocean and coastal resources. 
This responsibility has been delegated to the Administrator. The 
designation is intended to focus public attention on needs and problems 
of the marine environment that are considered to be of particular 
national importance at a given point in time.
    (b) 33 U.S.C. 1125 provides for the funding of national projects in 
marine research, marine education and training, and marine advisory 
services that are designed to deal with the national needs and problems 
concerning ocean and coastal resources identified by the Administrator.
    (c) The Administrator will identify the national needs and problems 
apart from considerations of Office of Sea Grant funding for ``National 
Projects'' responsive to national needs and problems that are 
identified.