(a) The 1958 Act means the Maritime Academy Act of 1958, Pub. L. 85-672.

(b) Act means the Maritime Education and Training Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-453, as amended.

(c) Administration means the Maritime Administration, United States Department of Transportation.

(d) Agreement means an agreement between a State, or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college and the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation as authorized by the 1958 Act or the Act and set forth in § 310.13 of this part.

(e) Secretary means Secretary of Transportation.

(f) Maritime Administrator means the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.

(g) Cadet means cadet enrolled in the United States Maritime Service and in good standing at a State or Territorial or Regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the 1958 Act.

(h) Commanding Officer means the Commanding Officer of a training ship furnished by the Administration.

(i) Cost of Education Provided means the financial costs incurred by the Federal Government in providing student incentive payments for students at the State maritime academies.

(j) Deputy means the Deputy Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation.

(k) Maritime Service means the United States Maritime Service.

(l) Midshipman means a student in good standing at a State maritime academy or college who has accepted midshipman status in the United States Naval Reserve (including the Merchant Marine Reserve, United States Naval Reserve) under the Act.

(m) Officers means all officers and faculty employed by a State maritime academy or college.

(n) Region Director means the Director of the Administration's region office in which a School is located or in which a training ship is located.

(o) School means State or Territorial or regional maritime academy or college meeting the requirements of the Act.

(p) Superintendent means the superintendent or president of a School.

(q) Supervisor means the employee of the Administration designated to supervise the Federal Government's interest in a School under the provisions of the Act, an agreement, and this subpart.

(r) Training Ship means a vessel used for training by a school and furnished by the Administration to a State or Territory, and includes the ship itself and all its equipment, apparel, appliances, machinery boilers, spare and replacement parts and other property contained in it.