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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 25B — Reefs for Marine Life Conservation

§ 1220d. “Obsolete ship” defined

Statutory text

For purposes of sections 1220, 1220a, 1220b, and 1220c of this title, the term “obsolete ship” means any vessel owned by the Department of Transportation that has been determined to be of insufficient value for commercial or national defense purposes to warrant its maintenance and preservation in the national defense reserve fleet and has been designated as an artificial reef candidate.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 92–402 § 8 · 86 Stat. 617

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1220d

    Pub. L. 92–402, § 8, formerly § 7, as added Pub. L. 98–623, title II, § 207(4), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3397

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–402, § 8, formerly § 7, as added Pub. L. 98–623, title II, § 207(4), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3397

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Credits

1984–2002 · 2 acts
  1. 1984Pub. L. 92–402, § 8, formerly § 7, as added Pub. L. 98–623, title II, § 207(4), , 98 Stat. 3397
  2. 2002renumbered § 8, Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a)(1)(A), , 116 Stat. 2754.
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(Pub. L. 92–402, § 8, formerly § 7, as added Pub. L. 98–623, title II, § 207(4), , 98 Stat. 3397; renumbered § 8, Pub. L. 107–314, div. C, title XXXV, § 3504(a)(1)(A), , 116 Stat. 2754.)

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