Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-102
§1911 Effect on Other Laws
Title 33 › CHAPTER 33 — PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS › § 1911
Summary
Adds to other laws and does not cancel or change any legal powers, duties, or remedies unless it clearly says so.
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Title 33, §1911
Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102