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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Compilation 10404 · Sec. 1408

Sec. 1408. DEFINITIONS

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## SEC. 1408 DEFINITIONS **[**[10 U.S.C. 113 note](/us/usc/t10/s113)**]** In this title: ####
(1)Associated contents The term “**associated contents**” means— #####
(A)the equipment, cargo, and contents of a sunken military craft that are within its debris field; and #####
(B)the remains and personal effects of the crew and passengers of a sunken military craft that are within its debris field. ####
(2)Secretary concerned The term “**Secretary concerned**” means— #####
(A)subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary of a military department; and #####
(B)in the case of a Coast Guard vessel, the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating. ####
(3)Sunken military craft The term “**sunken military craft**” means all or any portion of— #####
(A)any sunken warship, naval auxiliary, or other vessel that was owned or operated by a government on military noncommercial service when it sank; #####
(B)any sunken military aircraft or military spacecraft that was owned or operated by a government when it sank; and #####
(C)the associated contents of a craft referred to in subparagraph
(A)or (B), if title thereto has not been abandoned or transferred by the government concerned. ####
(4)United states contiguous zone The term “**United States contiguous zone**” means the contiguous zone of the United States under Presidential Proclamation 7219, dated September 2, 1999. ####
(5)United states internal waters The term “**United States internal waters**” means all waters of the United States on the landward side of the baseline from which the breadth of the United States territorial sea is measured. ####
(6)United states territorial sea The term “**United States territorial sea**” means the waters of the United States territorial sea under Presidential Proclamation 5928, dated December 27, 1988. ####
(7)United states waters The term “**United States waters**” means United States internal waters, the United States territorial sea, and the United States contiguous zone. * * * * * * * # TITLE XXVIII GENERAL PROVISIONS ## Subtitle A Military Construction Program and Military Family Housing Changes * * * * * * *
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