---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 3607"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "3607"
heading: "Public-private use policy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/3607"
units:
  - "Chapter 49 — Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System"
---

# §3607. Public-private use policy


The [Council](/usc/33/3602.md?p=2) shall maintain a policy that defines processes for making decisions about the roles of the Federal Government, the States, [regional coastal observing systems](/usc/33/3602.md?p=6), the academic community, and the private sector in providing to end-user communities environmental information, products, technologies, and services related to the [System](/usc/33/3602.md?p=8). The [Administrator](/usc/33/3602.md?p=1) shall ensure that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration adheres to the decision making process developed by the [Council](/usc/33/3602.md?p=2) regarding the roles of the Federal Government, the States, the [regional coastal observing systems](/usc/33/3602.md?p=6), the academic community, and the private sector in providing end-user communities environmental information, data products, technologies, and services related to the [System](/usc/33/3602.md?p=8).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 111–11, title XII, § 12308, Mar. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 1435; Pub. L. 116–271, title I, § 106, Dec. 31, 2020, 134 Stat. 3340.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2020—Pub. L. 116–271 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section required the Council to develop a public-private use policy within 6 months after March 30, 2009.