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• United States Code
• TITLE 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
• CHAPTER 33 - PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS

                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 96-478, Sec. 3, Oct. 21, 1980, 94 Stat. 2297; Pub. L.
    100-220, title II, Sec. 2102, Dec. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 1461; Pub.
    L. 103-160, div. A, title X, Sec. 1003(a)-(d), Nov. 30, 1993, 107
    Stat. 1745-1747; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title III, Sec. 324(a),
    (d), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2480, 2481; Pub. L. 104-227, title
    II, Sec. 201(b), Oct. 2, 1996, 110 Stat. 3042; Pub. L. 105-261,
    div. A, title III, Sec. 326, Oct. 17, 1998, 112 Stat. 1965.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      Section 1003(e) of the National Defense Authorization Act for
    Fiscal Year 1994, referred to in subsecs. (e)(4)(B) and (f), is
    section 1003(e) of Pub. L. 103-160, which is set out below.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1998 - Subsec. (c)(2)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 326(a)(1),
    added cl. (iii).
      Subsec. (c)(2)(B)(ii). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 326(a)(2),
    substituted "clauses (ii) and (iii) of subparagraph (A)" for
    "subparagraph (A)(ii)".
      Subsec. (e)(3)(A). Pub. L. 105-261, Sec. 326(b), struck out
    "garbage that contains more than the minimum amount practicable of"
    after "buoyant garbage or".
      1996 - Subsec. (b)(1)(B). Pub. L. 104-227 inserted "or the
    Antarctic Protocol" after "MARPOL Protocol".
      Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 324(a)(1), substituted
    "Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), not later than" for
    "Not later than".
      Subsec. (c)(2) to (4). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 324(a)(2), added
    pars. (2) and (3) and struck out former pars. (2) to (4) which
    required the Secretary of the Navy to submit to Congress a plan for
    compliance of Navy ships with the requirements set forth in par.
    (1) of this subsec. and provided for modification of the
    applicability of par. (1) as appropriate.
      Subsec. (e)(4)(A). Pub. L. 104-201, Sec. 324(d), amended subpar.
    (A) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (A) read as follows:
    "Beginning on October 1, 1994, and each year thereafter until
    October 1, 2000, the amount and nature of the discharges in special
    areas, not otherwise authorized under Annex V to the Convention,
    during the preceding year from ships referred to in subsection
    (b)(1)(A) of this section owned or operated by the Department of
    the Navy."
      1993 - Subsec. (b)(2)(A). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 1003(a),
    substituted "as follows:" and cls. (i) to (iii) for "after 5 years
    after the effective date of this paragraph to a ship referred to in
    paragraph (1)(A)."
      Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 1003(b), added subsec.
    (c) and redesignated former subsec. (c) as (d). Former subsec. (d)
    redesignated (g).
      Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 1003(c), (d), added
    subsecs. (e) and (f).
      Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 103-160, Sec. 1003(b)(1), redesignated
    subsec. (d) as (g).
      1987 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2102(a), amended
    subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as
    follows: "This chapter applies to - 
        "(1) a ship of United States registry or nationality, or one
      operated under the authority of the United States, wherever
      located;
        "(2) a ship registered in or of the nationality of a country
      party to the MARPOL Protocol, or one operated under the authority
      of a country party to the MARPOL Protocol, while in the navigable
      waters of the United States; and
        "(3) a ship registered in or of the nationality of a country
      not a party to the MARPOL Protocol, under subsection (c) of this
      section, while in the navigable waters of the United States."
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2102(b), amended subsec. (b)
    generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) read as follows: "This
    chapter does not apply to - 
        "(1) a warship, naval auxiliary, or other ship owned or
      operated by the United States when engaged in noncommercial
      service; or
        "(2) any other ship specifically excluded by the MARPOL
      Protocol."
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-220, Sec. 2102(c), amended subsec. (c)
    generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "The
    Secretary shall prescribe regulations applicable to the ships of a
    country not a party to the MARPOL Protocol to ensure that their
    treatment is not more favorable than that accorded ships of parties
    to the MARPOL Protocol."
                   SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This section is referred to in sections 1903, 1907, 1913 of this
    title.