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[CITE: 33USC1487]

 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER 28--POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES 
                              INTERVENTION
 
Sec. 1487. Effective date

    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.

(Pub. L. 93-248, Sec. 18, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10.)

                       References in Text

    The date the convention became effective as to the United States, 
referred to in text, is May 6, 1975.


                    Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

    Pub. L. 95-302, Sec. 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.
