---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch17/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Surveys"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch17-schII"
sections_count: 18
---

# Subchapter II — Surveys

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

## Sections

- [§881...883. Repealed.](/usc/33/881...883.md)
- [§883a. Surveys and other activities](/usc/33/883a.md)
- [§883b. Dissemination of data; further activities](/usc/33/883b.md)
- [§883c. Geomagnetic data; collection, correlation, and dissemination](/usc/33/883c.md)
- [§883d. Improvement of methods, instruments, and equipments; investigations and research](/usc/33/883d.md)
- [§883e. Agreements for surveys and investigations; contribution of costs incurred by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration](/usc/33/883e.md)
- [§883f. Contracts with qualified organizations](/usc/33/883f.md)
- [§883g. Repealed.](/usc/33/883g.md)
- [§883h. Employment of public vessels](/usc/33/883h.md)
- [§883i. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/33/883i.md)
- [§883j. Ocean satellite data](/usc/33/883j.md)
- [§883k. Acquisition of land for facilities](/usc/33/883k.md)
- [§883l. Contracts for surveying and mapping services](/usc/33/883l.md)
- [§884. Power to use books, maps, etc., and to employ persons](/usc/33/884.md)
- [§885. Repealed.](/usc/33/885.md)
- [§887. Repealed.](/usc/33/887.md)
- [§888. Omitted](/usc/33/888.md)
- [§890. Repealed.](/usc/33/890.md)