§ 1482. Consultation for nomination and nomination of experts, negotiators, etc.; proposal of amendments to list of substances other than convention oil; Presidential acceptance of amendments

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 § 13 · [88 Stat. 8]

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1482

   Pub. L. 93–248, § 13, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–248, § 13, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 13. (a) The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, may nominate individuals to the list of experts provided for in article III of the convention. Negotiators, conciliators, or arbitrators, designation or nomination.(b) The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, shall designate or nominate, as appropriate and necessary, the negotiators, conciliators, or arbitrators provided for by the convention and the annexes thereto.

2. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–302 § 1(5)(A) · 92 Stat. 344

   Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 1482(a)

   Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(A), inserted provisions relating to applicability of article II of the protocol and provisions for proposal of amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(A), inserted provisions relating to applicability of article II of the protocol and provisions for proposal of amendments to the list of substances other than convention oil.

   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.

3. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–302 § 1(5)(B) · 92 Stat. 344

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 1482(b)

   Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(B), substituted “protocol” for “annexes thereto”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(B), substituted “protocol” for “annexes thereto”.

   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.

4. 1978

   Pub. L. 95–302 § 1(5)(C) · 92 Stat. 344

   Added · 33 U.S.C. § 1482(c)

   Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(C), added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–302, § 1(5)(C), added subsec. (c).

   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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