16 U.S.C. § 6884: Cooperation and coordination

(a) Community partners and third-party providersFor purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Secretary may—(1) coordinate and partner with non-Federal entities, including—(A) States; (B) Indian Tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, and Tribal organizations; (C) interstate commissions (as defined in section 4102 of this title); (D) Regional Ocean Partnerships (as defined in section 1468 of this title); (E) experts in data science, analytics, and operations research; (F) the private sector, including technology or geospatial data industries; (G) nonprofit organizations; and (H) institutions of higher education (as defined in section 201 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); and (2) enter into agreements with experts within entities described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1) to carry out any of the provisions of this chapter. (b) Interagency coordinationThe Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, work with the relevant offices of the Department of the Interior, the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Coast Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the Interagency Working Group on Ocean and Coastal Mapping codified by section 3502 of title 33, to ensure compatibility and interoperability among applicable Federal databases with respect to the collection and dissemination of geospatial data relating to public outdoor recreational use of the exclusive economic zone. (c) Applicability of Federal, State, and Tribal law and regulationsThe Secretary, in developing and distributing geospatial data under this chapter, shall make clear that the data are subject to applicable laws and regulations of the Federal Government, States, and Indian Tribes.