Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 33 : Section 1901


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1901 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 96-478, Sec. 2, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2297; Pub. L.
    100-220, title II, Sec. 2101, Dec. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 1460; Pub.
    L. 103-160, div. A, title X, Sec. 1003(f), Nov. 30, 1993, 107 Stat.
    1748; Pub. L. 104-227, title II, Sec. 201(a), Oct. 2, 1996, 110
    Stat. 3042.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original "this
    Act", meaning Pub. L. 96-478, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2297, known
    as the "Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships". For complete
    classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note below
    and Tables.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-227, Sec. 201(a)(1), (2), added
    pars. (1) and (2) and redesignated former pars. (1) to (10) as (3)
    to (12), respectively.
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-227, Sec. 201(a)(3), added subsec. (c).
      1993 - Subsec. (a)(9), (10). Pub. L. 103-160 added par. (9) and
    redesignated former par. (9) as (10).
      1987 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2101(1), designated
    existing provisions as subsec. (a).
      Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2101(2), amended par. (1)
    generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: " 'MARPOL
    Protocol' means the Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International
    Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, done
    at London on February 17, 1978. This Protocol incorporates and
    modifies the International Convention for the Prevention of
    Pollution from Ships, 1973, done at London on November 2, 1973;".
      Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2101(3), substituted
    "Annexes I, II, and V thereto, including any modification or
    amendments to the Convention, Protocols, or Annexes which have
    entered into force for the United States" for "Annexes I and II
    attached thereto".
      Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2101(4), inserted "and
    'garbage' ".
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2101(5), added subsec. (b).
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of
    the Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the
    Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
    Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see
    sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic
    Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization
    Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under
    section 542 of Title 6.
            STUDY AND REGULATION OF GREAT LAKES CARGO RESIDUES        
      Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. A, Sec. 1117(b), (c)], Dec.
    21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-209, provided that:
      "(b) The Secretary shall conduct a study of the effectiveness of
    the United States 1997 Enforcement Policy for Cargo Residues on the
    Great Lakes ('Policy') by September 30, 2002.
      "(c) The Secretary is authorized to promulgate regulations to
    implement and enforce a program to regulate incidental discharges
    from vessels of residues of non-hazardous and non-toxic dry bulk
    cargo into the waters of the Great Lakes, which takes into account
    the finding in the study required under subsection (b). This
    program shall be consistent with the Policy."

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