33 U.S.C. § 1487
This chapter shall be effective upon February 5, 1974, or upon the date the convention becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is later.
33 U.S.C. § 1487
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe date the convention became effective as to the United States, referred to in text, is May 6, 1975.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 95-302, §2, June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 345, provided that: "This Act [amending sections 1471 to 1473, 1479, 1482, and 1484 of this title] shall be effective upon the date of enactment [June 26, 1978], or upon the date the protocol becomes effective as to the United States, whichever is later." [The protocol was adopted by the United States on Sept. 7, 1978, to be effective as to the United States upon its adoption by 15 countries. The protocol became effective as to the United States Mar. 30, 1983.
- United States
- "United States" means the States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
- convention
- "convention" means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto;
- protocol
- "protocol" means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and