Title 33Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§1911 Effect on other laws

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS › § 1911

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Adds to other laws and does not change or cancel them, and does not remove powers or remedies unless the chapter clearly says otherwise.

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Title 33, §1911

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Authorities, requirements, and remedies of this chapter supplement and neither amend nor repeal any other authorities, requirements, or remedies conferred by any other provision of law. Nothing in this chapter shall limit, deny, amend, modify, or repeal any other authority, requirement, or remedy available to the United States or any other person, except as expressly provided in this chapter.

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2008—Pub. L. 110–280 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting, diminishing, or otherwise restricting any of the authority of the Secretary under the Port and Tanker Safety Act of 1978.”

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33 U.S.C. § 1911

Title 33Navigation and Navigable Waters

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Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73