§80301 — Title 46 Shipping | U.S. Code

Summary

The President can make agreements with other countries to run services in the North Atlantic: ice patrols, studying ice and currents, helping vessels, and, if necessary, removing or destroying derelicts east of the line from Cape Sable to latitude 34 degrees north, longitude 70 degrees west. The agreements can require other countries to pay their share or have the U.S. pay, and those payments must be credited to the Coast Guard’s operations and support fund.

Title 46, §80301

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(a)The President may make agreements with interested maritime countries to—

(1)maintain in the North Atlantic Ocean a service of ice patrol, of study and observation of ice and current conditions, and of assistance to vessels and their crews requiring assistance within the limits of the patrol;

(2)maintain a service of study and observation of ice and current conditions in the waters affecting the set and drift of ice in the North Atlantic Ocean; and

(3)take all practicable steps to ensure the destruction or removal of derelicts in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, east of the line drawn from Cape Sable to a point in latitude 34 degrees north, longitude 70 degrees west, if the destruction or removal is necessary.

(b)The President may include in an agreement under subsection (a) a provision for—

(1)payment to the United States Government by other countries for their proportionate share of the expense of maintaining the services; or

(2)contribution by the Government for its proportionate share if the agreement provides for another country to maintain the services.

(c)Payments received pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be credited to the appropriation for operations and support of the Coast Guard.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 8030146 App.:738.June 25, 1936, ch. 807, § 1, 49 Stat. 1922.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2021—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “operations and support” for “operating expenses”. 2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–281 added subsec. (c).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2014 Amendment Pub. L. 113–281, title III, § 314(c), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3049, provided that: “This section [enacting section 80304 of this title and amending this section and section 80302 of this title] shall take effect on January 1, 2017.”

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