Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§1487 Effective Date
Title 33 › CHAPTER 28 — POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION › § 1487
Summary
Takes effect on February 5, 1974, or on the day the convention starts applying to the United States, whichever is later.
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Title 33, §1487
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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.
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The date the convention became effective as to the United States, referred to in text, is May 6, 1975.
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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.
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33 U.S.C. § 1487
Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102