§ 1953. Coast Guard program

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. 2006

   Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act

   Pub. L. 109–449 § 102 · 120 Stat. 3333

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 1953

   Pub. L. 109–449, § 102, formerly § 4, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3335

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 109–449, § 102, formerly § 4, Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3335

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 4. COAST GUARD PROGRAM. (a) Strategy.— The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Interagency Committee, shall— (1) take actions to reduce violations of and improve implementation of MARPOL Annex V and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) with respect to the discard of plastics and other garbage from vessels; (2) take actions to cost-effectively monitor and enforce compliance with MARPOL Annex V and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.), including through cooperation and coordination with other Federal and State enforcement programs; (3) take actions to improve compliance with requirements under MARPOL Annex V and section 6 of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1905) that all United States ports and terminals maintain and monitor the adequacy of receptacles for the disposal of plastics and other garbage, including through promoting voluntary government-industry partnerships; (4) Plan. develop and implement a plan, in coordination with industry and recreational boaters, to improve ship-board waste management, including recordkeeping, and access to waste reception facilities for ship-board waste; (5) take actions to improve international cooperation to reduce marine debris; and (6) establish a voluntary reporting program for commercial vessel operators and recreational boaters to report incidents of damage to vessels and disruption of navigation caused by marine debris, and observed violations of laws and regulations relating to the disposal of plastics and other marine debris. (b) Report.— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report evaluating the Coast Guard’s progress in implementing subsection (a). (c) External Evaluation and Recommendations on Annex V.— (1) In general.— The Contracts. Deadline. Reports. Commandant of the Coast Guard shall enter into an arrangement with the National Research Council under which the National Research Council shall submit, by not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act and in consultation with the Commandant and the Interagency Committee, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a comprehensive report on the effectiveness of international and national measures to prevent and reduce marine debris and its impact. (2) Contents.— The report required under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) an evaluation of international and domestic implementation of MARPOL Annex V and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (33 U.S.C. 1901 et seq.) and recommendations of cost-effective actions to improve implementation and compliance with such measures to reduce impacts of marine debris; (B) recommendation of additional Federal or international actions, including changes to international and domestic law or regulations, needed to further reduce the impacts of marine debris; and (C) evaluation of the role of floating fish aggregation devices in the generation of marine debris and existing legal mechanisms to reduce impacts of such debris, focusing on impacts in the Western Pacific and Central Pacific regions.

2. 2012

   Marine Debris Act Amendments of 2012

   Pub. L. 112–213 title VI § 605 · 126 Stat. 1540

   1. Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 1953

      Pub. L. 112–213 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Strategy”

   2. Struck · 33 U.S.C. § 1953

      Pub. L. 112–213 struck out subsecs. (b) and (c) which required reports on the Coast Guard’s progress in implementing former subsec. (a) and on the effectiveness of international and national measures to prevent and reduce marine debris and its impact

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 112–213 struck out subsec. (a) designation and heading “Strategy” and struck out subsecs. (b) and (c) which required reports on the Coast Guard’s progress in implementing former subsec. (a) and on the effectiveness of international and national measures to prevent and reduce marine debris and its impact.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 605. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE PROVISIONS.   Section 4 (33 U.S.C. 1953) is amended— (1) by striking “(a) Strategy.—”; and (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c).

3. 2025

   Pub. L. 119–65 § 6(a) · 139 Stat. 1986

   Substituted · 33 U.S.C. § 1953

   Pub. L. 119–65, § 6(a), which directed amendment of this section by substituting “Under Secretary” for “Administrator”, could not be executed because the word “Administrator” did not appear

   Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–65 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 119–65, § 6(a), which directed amendment of this section by substituting “Under Secretary” for “Administrator”, could not be executed because the word “Administrator” did not appear.

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