Act of Aug. 6, 1947, ch. 504, sec. 2 (as amended)

Sec. 2. [33 U.S.C. 883b] In order that full public benefit may be derived from the operations of the Coast and Geodetic Survey by the dissemination of data resulting from the activities herein authorized and of related data from other sources, the Director is authorized to conduct the following activities: (1) Analysis and prediction of tide and current data; (2) Processing and publication of data, information, compilations, and reports; (3) Compilation and printing of nautical charts; (4) Distribution of nautical charts and related navigational publications.