§ 1471. Definitions

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. 1974

   Intervention on the High Seas Act

   Pub. L. 93–248 § 2 · [88 Stat. 8]

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1471

   Pub. L. 93–248, § 2, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–248, § 2, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. As used in this Act— (1) “ship” means— (A) any seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and (B) any floating craft, except an installation or device engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof; (2) “oil” means crude, oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil; (3) “convention” means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1919; (4) “Secretary” means the Secretary’ of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; and (5) “United States” means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,

2. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–302 § 1(1) · 92 Stat. 344

   1. Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 1471

      Pub. L. 95–302 in cl. (1) substituted definition of “a substance other than convention oil” for definition of “ship”, in cl. (2) substituted definition of “convention” for definition of “oil”, in cl. (3) substituted definition of “convention oil” for definition of “convention”, in cl. (5) substituted definition of “ship” for definition of “United States”

   2. Added · 33 U.S.C. § 1471

      Pub. L. 95–302 in cl. (1) added cls. (6) and (7)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–302 in cl. (1) substituted definition of “a substance other than convention oil” for definition of “ship”, in cl. (2) substituted definition of “convention” for definition of “oil”, in cl. (3) substituted definition of “convention oil” for definition of “convention”, in cl. (5) substituted definition of “ship” for definition of “United States”, and added cls. (6) and (7).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Section 2 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 2. As used in this Act— “(1) ‘a substance other than convention oil’ means those oils, noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances— “(A) enumerated in the protocol, or “(B) otherwise determined to be hazardous under section 4(a); “(2) ‘convention’ means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto: “(3) ‘convention oil’ means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil, and lubricating oil; “(4) ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating; “(5) ‘ship’ means— “(A) a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and “(B) any floating craft, except an installation or device engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof; “(6) ‘protocol’ means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and “(7) ‘United States’ means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mananas, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.”.

   Effective date note
   For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 95–302, see section 2 of Pub. L. 95–302, set out as a note under section 1487 of this title.

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