---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch17/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "General Provisions"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch17-schI"
sections_count: 57
---

# Subchapter I — General Provisions

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter 17 — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

## Sections

- [§851. Omitted](/usc/33/851.md)
- [§851a. Repealed.](/usc/33/851a.md)
- [§852...852b. Omitted](/usc/33/852...852b.md)
- [§853. Power to settle claims](/usc/33/853.md)
- [§853a...853l. Repealed.](/usc/33/853a...853l.md)
- [§853n. Repealed.](/usc/33/853n.md)
- [§853o. Repealed.](/usc/33/853o.md)
- [§853o–1. Credit of service as deck officer or junior engineer and certain other active service for retirement and retirement pay](/usc/33/853o-1.md)
- [§853p...853r. Repealed.](/usc/33/853p...853r.md)
- [§853s. Repealed.](/usc/33/853s.md)
- [§853t...854. Repealed.](/usc/33/853t...854.md)
- [§854a. Service credit as deck officer or junior engineer for promotion purposes](/usc/33/854a.md)
- [§854a–1. Temporary appointment or advancement of commissioned officers in time of war or national emergency](/usc/33/854a-1.md)
- [§854a–2. Pay and allowances; date of acceptance of promotion](/usc/33/854a-2.md)
- [§854c. Repealed.](/usc/33/854c.md)
- [§855. Repealed.](/usc/33/855.md)
- [§855a. Repealed.](/usc/33/855a.md)
- [§856...857–5. Repealed.](/usc/33/856...857-5.md)
- [§857–6...857–12. Repealed.](/usc/33/857-6...857-12.md)
- [§857–13. National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere](/usc/33/857-13.md)
- [§857–14. Membership](/usc/33/857-14.md)
- [§857–15. Reports](/usc/33/857-15.md)
- [§857–16. Compensation and travel expenses](/usc/33/857-16.md)
- [§857–17. Interagency cooperation and assistance](/usc/33/857-17.md)
- [§857–18. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/33/857-18.md)
- [§857–19. Biennial report](/usc/33/857-19.md)
- [§857–20. Repealed.](/usc/33/857-20.md)
- [§858. Repealed.](/usc/33/858.md)
- [§859. Repealed.](/usc/33/859.md)
- [§860. Repealed.](/usc/33/860.md)
- [§861. Omitted](/usc/33/861.md)
- [§861a. Repealed.](/usc/33/861a.md)
- [§861c. Omitted](/usc/33/861c.md)
- [§862. Repealed.](/usc/33/862.md)
- [§862a. Repealed.](/usc/33/862a.md)
- [§863. Repealed.](/usc/33/863.md)
- [§864. Repealed.](/usc/33/864.md)
- [§864a. Repealed.](/usc/33/864a.md)
- [§864c. Repealed.](/usc/33/864c.md)
- [§864d. Repealed.](/usc/33/864d.md)
- [§864e. Repealed.](/usc/33/864e.md)
- [§865. Omitted](/usc/33/865.md)
- [§866. Repealed.](/usc/33/866.md)
- [§868. Repealed.](/usc/33/868.md)
- [§868a. Omitted](/usc/33/868a.md)
- [§869. Repealed.](/usc/33/869.md)
- [§870. Repealed.](/usc/33/870.md)
- [§871. Repealed.](/usc/33/871.md)
- [§872. Omitted](/usc/33/872.md)
- [§873. Extra compensation for instrument observers, recorders and other Federal employees for oceanographic, seismographic and magnetic observations](/usc/33/873.md)
- [§874. Repealed.](/usc/33/874.md)
- [§875. Powers of officers as notaries](/usc/33/875.md)
- [§876. Fees for notarial acts; prima facie evidence of authority](/usc/33/876.md)
- [§877. Appropriations; advances from](/usc/33/877.md)
- [§878. Appropriations; purchases from](/usc/33/878.md)
- [§878a. Contract for development of a major program; costs; Major Program Annual Report for satellite development program](/usc/33/878a.md)
- [§878b. Safety and health regulations for scientific and occupational diving](/usc/33/878b.md)