§ 1520. Pipeline safety and operation

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. 1975

   Deepwater Port Act of 1974

   Pub. L. 93–627 § 21 · 88 Stat. 2127

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1520

   Pub. L. 93–627, § 21, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2146

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 93–627, § 21, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2146

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 21. pipeline safety and operation (a) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the 33 USC 1520. Interior, shall establish and enforce such standards and regulations as may be necessary to assure the safe construction and operation of oil pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf. (b) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, Report to Congress. is authorized and directed to report to the Congress within 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act on appropriations and staffing needed to monitor pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf so as to assure that they meet all applicable standards for construction, operation, and maintenance. (c) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of the Interior, Review. is authorized and directed to review all laws and regulations relating to the construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines on Federal lands and the Outer Continental Shelf and to report to Congress Report to Congress. thereon within 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act on administrative changes needed and recommendations for new legislation.

2. 2002

   Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002

   Pub. L. 107–295 title I § 106(a)(3) · 116 Stat. 2064

   Inserted · 33 U.S.C. § 1520(a)

   Pub. L. 107–295 inserted “or natural gas” after “oil”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–295 inserted “or natural gas” after “oil”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 21(a) (33 U.S.C. 1520(a)).

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