Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 51 — Clean Hulls
§ 3856. Referrals for appropriate action by foreign country
Statutory text
Notwithstanding sections 3851, 3852, 3853, and 3855 of this title, if a violation of the Convention is committed by a vessel registered in or of the nationality of a country that is a party to the Convention, or by a vessel operated under the authority of a country that is a party to the Convention, the Secretary, acting in coordination with the Secretary of State, may refer the matter to the government of the country of the vessel’s registry or nationality, or under whose authority the vessel is operating, for appropriate action, rather than taking the actions otherwise required or authorized by this subchapter.
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 § 1046 · 124 Stat. 2905
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 3856
(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1046, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3031.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–281, title X, § 1046, Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 3031.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1046. REFERRALS FOR APPROPRIATE ACTION BY FOREIGN COUNTRY. Notwithstanding sections 1041, 1042, 1043, and 1045, if a violation of the Convention is committed by a vessel registered in or of the nationality of a country that is a party to the Convention, or by a vessel operated under the authority of a country that is a party to the Convention, the Secretary, acting in coordination with the Secretary of State, may refer the matter to the government of the country of the vessel’s registry or nationality, or under whose authority the vessel is operating, for appropriate action, rather than taking the actions otherwise required or authorized by this subtitle.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle D (§§ 1041–1048) of title X of Pub. L. 111–281, , 124 Stat. 3029, which enacted this subchapter and repealed chapter 37 (§ 2401 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of subtitle D to the Code, see Tables.