For purposes of this section, the term “hydrographic product” means any publicly or commercially available product or service produced or disseminated by a non-Federal entity that includes or displays hydrographic data.
Any fee under paragraph (1)(C) shall not exceed the costs of conducting the quality assurance testing, evaluation, or studies necessary to determine whether the hydrographic product satisfies the standards adopted under section 892a(a)(3) of this title, including the cost of administering such a program.
The Government of the United States shall not be liable for any negligence by a person that produces hydrographic products certified under this section.
There is established in the Treasury a separate account, which shall be known as the “Hydrographic Services Account”.
Amounts in the account shall be available to the Administrator, without further appropriation, for hydrographic services.