The law › Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters › Chapter 33
33 U.S.C. 1905: Pollution reception facilities
Created in 1980 by Public Law 96-478. Changed by 5 later laws. 1 bill in this Congress would change it.
- past change
- enacted this Congress
- proposed
This Congress
- H.R. 8800 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 · passed house · would change (a)
How it got here
2008
- Pub. L. 110–280, §7(1), added par. (3). Law text · (a)
- Pub. L. 110–280, §7(2), inserted "or the Administrator" after "Secretary". Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 110–280, §7(3), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "The Secretary may deny the entry of a ship to a port or terminal required by regulations issued under this section to provide adequate reception facilities for garbage i… Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 110–280, §7(4), substituted "Secretary and the Administrator are" for "Secretary is". Law text · (f)
- Pub. L. 110–280, §7(5), struck out subpar. (A) designation before "Not later". Law text · (f)
1996
- Pub. L. 104–227, §201(d)(1), inserted "or the Antarctic Protocol" after "the MARPOL Protocol". Law text · (b)
- Pub. L. 104–324, §801(a)(1), (2), designated existing provisions as subpar. (A), substituted "Subject to subparagraph (B), if" for "If", and added subpars. (B) and (C). Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 104–324, §801(a)(3), added subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which read as follows: "is valid until suspended or revoked by the Secretary for cause or because of changed conditions; and". Law text · (c)
- Pub. L. 104–324, §801(a)(4), added subsec. (d) and struck out former subsec. (d) which read as follows: "The Secretary shall periodically cause to be published in the Federal Register a list of the ports or terminals holding a valid certificate issued under this section." Law text · (d)
- Pub. L. 104–227, §201(d)(2), (3), inserted "or the Antarctic Protocol" after "the Convention" in introductory provisions and inserted "or Article 9 of Annex IV to the Antarctic Protocol" after "the Convention" in subpar. (A). Law text · (e)
- Pub. L. 104–324, §801(b), designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2)(A). Law text · (f)
- Pub. L. 104–227, §201(d)(4), inserted "or the Antarctic Protocol" after "the MARPOL Protocol". Law text · (f)
1989
- Pub. L. 101–225 substituted "Annex I and Annex II" for "Annex V". · (c)
1987
- Pub. L. 100–220, §2103(a), designated existing provisions as par. (1), substituted "a port's or terminal's reception facilities for mixtures containing oil or noxious liquid substances" for "reception facilities of a port or terminal", and added par. (2). · (a)
- Pub. L. 100–220, §2103(b), inserted "and in establishing regulations under subsection (a) of this section," and "ships or". · (b)
- Pub. L. 100–220, §2103(c), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: "If, upon inspection, reception facilities of a port or terminal are adequate to meet the requirements of the MARPOL Protocol and the regulations established hereunder, the Secret… · (c)
- Pub. L. 100–220, §2103(d), designated existing provisions as par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, in subpar. (A), substituted "Annexes I and II of the Convention" for "the MARPOL Protocol", and added par. (2). · (e)
Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.