Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 51 — Clean Hulls
§ 3855. Warnings, detentions, dismissals, exclusion
Statutory text
In general
If a vessel is detected to be in violation of the Convention, this chapter, or any regulation prescribed under this chapter, the Secretary may warn, detain, dismiss, or exclude the vessel from any port or offshore terminal under the jurisdiction of the United States.
Notifications
If action is taken under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall make the notifications required by the Convention.
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.
Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010
Pub. L. 111–281 title X § 1045 · 124 Stat. 2905
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3855
(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1045, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3031.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1045, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3031.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1045. WARNINGS, DETENTIONS, DISMISSALS, EXCLUSION. (a) In General.— If a vessel is detected to be in violation of the Convention, this title, or any regulation prescribed under this title, the Secretary may warn, detain, dismiss, or exclude the vessel from any port or offshore terminal under the jurisdiction of the United States. (b) Notifications.— If action is taken under subsection (a), the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall make the notifications required by the Convention.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title”, meaning title X of Pub. L. 111–281, , 124 Stat. 3023, which enacted this chapter and repealed chapter 37 (§ 2401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of title X to the Code, see Tables.