Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§4265 Consideration of marine debris in negotiating international agreements

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 55— - SAVE OUR SEAS 2.0 › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ENHANCED GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT TO COMBAT MARINE DEBRIS › § 4265

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When negotiating any relevant international agreement with one or more countries after December 18, 2020, the President must, when appropriate, consider how plastic and other solid trash that comes from land in those countries affects oceans and other waterways. The President must also make sure the agreement helps reduce and remove those land-based plastics and solid wastes that harm the marine and aquatic environment.

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Title 33, §4265

Navigation and Navigable Waters — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

In negotiating any relevant international agreement with any country or countries after December 18, 2020, the President shall, as appropriate—

(1)consider the impact of land-based sources of plastic waste and other solid waste from that country on the marine and aquatic environment; and

(2)ensure that the agreement strengthens efforts to eliminate land-based sources of plastic waste and other solid waste from that country that impact the marine and aquatic environment.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 4265

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73