§ 1471. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC1471]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 28--POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES
INTERVENTION
Sec. 1471. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(1) ``a substance other than convention oil'' means those oils,
noxious substances, liquefied gases, and radioactive substances--
(A) enumerated in the protocol, or
(B) otherwise determined to be hazardous under section
1473(a) of this title;
(2) ``convention'' means the International Convention Relating
to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution
Casualties, 1969, including annexes thereto;
(3) ``convention oil'' means crude oil, fuel oil, diesel oil,
and lubricating oil;
(4) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of the department in which
the Coast Guard is operating;
(5) ``ship'' means--
(A) a seagoing vessel of any type whatsoever, and
(B) any floating craft, except an installation or device
engaged in the exploration and exploitation of the resources of
the seabed and the ocean floor and the subsoil thereof;
(6) ``protocol'' means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on
the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances Other Than
Oil, 1973, including annexes thereto; and
(7) ``United States'' means the States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, Guam,
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Marianas, and any other commonwealth, territory, or possession of
the United States.
(Pub. L. 93-248, Sec. 2, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 8; Pub. L. 95-302,
Sec. 1(1), June 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 344.)
References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in par. (7), see section
3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-302 in cl. (1) substituted definition of ``a
substance other than convention oil'' for definition of ``ship'', in cl.
(2) substituted definition of ``convention'' for definition of ``oil'',
in cl. (3) substituted definition of ``convention oil'' for definition
of ``convention'', in cl. (5) substituted definition of ``ship'' for
definition of ``United States'', and added cls. (6) and (7).
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 95-302, see section 2 of
Pub. L. 95-302, set out as a note under section 1487 of this title.
Short Title
Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-248 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
chapter] may be cited as the `Intervention on the High Seas Act'.''
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the
Coast Guard, including the authorities and functions of the Secretary of
Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of Homeland Security,
and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d),
552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of
Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified,
set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note
set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular
Possessions.
