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Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Chapter 28 — Pollution Casualties on the High Seas: United States Intervention

§ 1486. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

Statutory text

The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund shall be available to the Secretary for actions taken under sections 1474 and 1476 of this title.

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. Intervention on the High Seas Act

    Pub. L. 93–248 § 17 · [88 Stat. 8]

    Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1486

    Pub. L. 93–248, § 17, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–248, § 17, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 17. The revolving fund established under section 311 (k) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act shall be available to the Secretary for Federal actions and activities under section 5 of this Act.

  2. Oil Pollution Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–380 title II § 2001 · 104 Stat. 484

    Amended · 33 U.S.C. § 1486

    Pub. L. 101–380 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The revolving fund established under section 1321(k) of this title shall be available to the Secretary for Federal actions and activities under section 1474 of this title.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 101–380 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The revolving fund established under section 1321(k) of this title shall be available to the Secretary for Federal actions and activities under section 1474 of this title.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2001. INTERVENTION ON THE HIGH SEAS ACT. Section 17 of the Intervention on the High Seas Act (33 U.S.C. 1486) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 17. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund shall be available to the Secretary for actions taken under sections 5 and 7 of this Act.”

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after Aug. 18, 1990, see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of this title.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–380 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The revolving fund established under section 1321(k) of this title shall be available to the Secretary for Federal actions and activities under section 1474 of this title.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 101–380 applicable to incidents occurring after , see section 1020 of Pub. L. 101–380, set out as an Effective Date note under section 2701 of this title.

Credits

1974–1990 · 2 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–248, § 17, , 88 Stat. 10
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–380, title II, § 2001, , 104 Stat. 506.
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(Pub. L. 93–248, § 17, , 88 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 101–380, title II, § 2001, , 104 Stat. 506.)

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