---
kind: "unit"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
key: "ch47/schI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter I"
heading: "Exploration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/ch47-schI"
sections_count: 8
---

# Subchapter I — Exploration

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter 47 — Ocean Exploration

## Sections

- [§3401. Purpose](/usc/33/3401.md)
- [§3402. Program established](/usc/33/3402.md)
- [§3403. Powers and duties of the Administrator](/usc/33/3403.md)
- [§3404. Education, workforce training, and outreach](/usc/33/3404.md)
- [§3405. Ocean Exploration Advisory Board](/usc/33/3405.md)
- [§3406. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/33/3406.md)
- [§3407. Definitions](/usc/33/3407.md)
- [§3408. National Ocean Mapping, Exploration, and Characterization Council](/usc/33/3408.md)