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33 U.S.C. § 1955 — Coordination
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**(a) Establishment of Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee** There is established an Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee to coordinate a comprehensive program of marine debris research and activities among Federal agencies, in cooperation and coordination with non-governmental organizations, industry, universities, and research institutions, States, Indian tribes, and other nations, as appropriate.
**(b) Membership** The Committee shall include a senior official from—
(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who shall serve as the Chairperson of the Committee;
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(3) the United States Coast Guard;
(4) the United States Navy;
(5) the Department of State;
(6) the Department of the Interior; and
(7) such other Federal agencies that have an interest in ocean issues or water pollution prevention and control as the Secretary of Commerce determines appropriate.
**(c) Meetings** The Committee shall meet at least twice a year to provide a public, interagency forum to ensure the coordination of national and international research, monitoring, education, and regulatory actions addressing the persistent marine debris problem.
**(d) Monitoring** The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary, in cooperation with the EPA Administrator, shall utilize the marine debris data derived under title V of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ([33 U.S.C. 2801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to assist—
(1) the Committee in ensuring coordination of research, monitoring, education and regulatory actions; and
(2) the United States Coast Guard in assessing the effectiveness of the Marine Pl
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**(a) Establishment of Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee** There is established an Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating Committee to coordinate a comprehensive program of marine debris research and activities among Federal agencies, in cooperation and coordination with non-governmental organizations, industry, universities, and research institutions, States, Indian tribes, and other nations, as appropriate.
**(b) Membership** The Committee shall include a senior official from—
(1) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, who shall serve as the Chairperson of the Committee;
(2) the Environmental Protection Agency;
(3) the United States Coast Guard;
(4) the United States Navy;
(5) the Department of State;
(6) the Department of the Interior; and
(7) such other Federal agencies that have an interest in ocean issues or water pollution prevention and control as the Secretary of Commerce determines appropriate.
**(c) Meetings** The Committee shall meet at least twice a year to provide a public, interagency forum to ensure the coordination of national and international research, monitoring, education, and regulatory actions addressing the persistent marine debris problem.
**(d) Monitoring** The Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Under Secretary, in cooperation with the EPA Administrator, shall utilize the marine debris data derived under title V of the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 ([33 U.S.C. 2801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section2801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to assist—
(1) the Committee in ensuring coordination of research, monitoring, education and regulatory actions; and
(2) the United States Coast Guard in assessing the effectiveness of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships [[33 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] in ensuring compliance under section 2201 of the Marine Plastic Pollution Research and Control Act of 1987 [[33 U.S.C. 1913](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1913&num=0&edition=prelim)].
**(e) Biennial progress reports** Biennially, the Committee, through the Chairperson, shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives a report that evaluates United States and international progress in meeting the purpose of this chapter. The report shall include—
(1) the status of implementation of any recommendations and strategies of the Committee and analysis of their effectiveness;
(2) a summary of the marine debris inventory to be maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(3) a review of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration program authorized by [section 1952 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1952&num=0&edition=prelim), including projects funded and accomplishments relating to reduction and prevention of marine debris;
(4) a review of Coast Guard programs and accomplishments relating to marine debris removal, including enforcement and compliance with MARPOL requirements; and
(5) estimated Federal and non-Federal funding provided for marine debris and recommendations for priority funding needs.
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(1) **Sense of Congress** — It is the sense of Congress that the Federal air marshal program is critical to aviation security.
(2) **Limitation on statutory construction** — Nothing in this chapter, including any amendment made by this chapter, shall be construed as preventing the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security from implementing and training Federal air marshals.
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The Commandant of the Coast Guard, in consultation with the Interagency Committee, shall—
(1) take actions to reduce violations of and improve implementation of MARPOL Annex V and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships ([33 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) with respect to the discard of plastics and other garbage from vessels;
(2) take actions to cost-effectively monitor and enforce compliance with MARPOL Annex V and the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships ([33 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), including through cooperation and coordination with other Federal and State enforcement programs;
(3) take actions to improve compliance with requirements under MARPOL Annex V and section 6 of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships ([33 U.S.C. 1905](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1905&num=0&edition=prelim)) that all United States ports and terminals maintain and monitor the adequacy of receptacles for the disposal of plastics and other garbage, including through promoting voluntary government-industry partnerships;
(4) develop and implement a plan, in coordination with industry and recreational boaters, to improve ship-board waste management, including recordkeeping, and access to waste reception facilities for ship-board waste;
(5) take actions to improve international cooperation to reduce marine debris; and
(6) establish a voluntary reporting program for commercial vessel operators and recreational boaters to report incidents of damage to vessels and disruption of navigation caused by marine debris, and observed violations of laws and regulatio
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The purposes of this chapter are to—
(1) establish a comprehensive national program for consistent monitoring of the Nation’s coastal ecosystems;
(2) establish long-term water quality assessment and monitoring programs for high priority coastal waters that will enhance the ability of Federal, State, and local authorities to develop and implement effective remedial programs for those waters;
(3) establish a system for reviewing and evaluating the scientific, analytical, and technological means that are available for monitoring the environmental quality of coastal ecosystems;
(4) establish methods for identifying uniform indicators of coastal ecosystem quality;
(5) provide for periodic, comprehensive reports to Congress concerning the quality of the Nation’s coastal ecosystems;
(6) establish a coastal environment information program to distribute coastal monitoring information;
(7) provide state 11 So in original. Probably should be capitalized. programs authorized under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ([16 U.S.C. 1451](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) with information necessary to design land use plans and coastal zone regulations that will contribute to the protection of coastal ecosystems; and
(8) provide certain water pollution control programs authorized under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ([33 U.S.C. 1251](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1251&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) with information necessary to design and implement effective coastal water pollution controls.
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 100–220, title II, § 2203, Dec. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 1466; Pub. L. 104–324, title VIII, § 802(b), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3944; Pub. L. 109–449, § 5(a), Dec. 22, 2006, 120 Stat. 3337, was redesignated section 5 of Pub. L. 109–449 and transferred to [section 1954 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1954&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) In general** Within 1 year after the effective date of this section, and triennially thereafter, the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Commerce, shall report to the Congress regarding compliance with Annex V to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, in United States waters and, not later than 1 year after October 19, 1996, and annually thereafter, shall publish in the Federal Register a list of the enforcement actions taken against any domestic or foreign ship (including any commercial or recreational ship) pursuant to the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships ([33 U.S.C. 1901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
**(b) Report on inability to comply** Within 3 years after the effective date of this section, the head of each Federal agency that operates or contracts for the operation of any ship referred to in section 3(b)(1)(A) of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships [[33 U.S.C. 1902(b)(1)(A)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1902/b/1/A&num=0&edition=prelim)] that may not be able to comply with the requirements of that section shall report to the Congress describing—
(1) the technical and operational impediments to achieving that compliance;
(2) an alternative schedule for achieving that compliance as rapidly as is technologically feasible;
(3) the ships operated or contracted for operation by the agency for which full compliance with section 3(b)(2)(A) [[33 U.S.C. 1902(b)(2)(A)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title33-section1902/b/2/A&num=0&edition=prelim)] is not techno
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**(a)** Unless the context indicates otherwise, as used in this chapter—
(1) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) “Antarctica” means the area south of 60 degrees south latitude;
(3) “Antarctic Protocol” means the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, signed October 4, 1991, in Madrid, and all annexes thereto, and includes any future amendments thereto which have entered into force;
(4) “MARPOL Protocol” means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, and includes the Convention;
(5) “Convention” means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, including Protocols I and II and Annexes I, II, V, and VI thereto, including any modification or amendments to the Convention, Protocols, or Annexes which have entered into force for the United States;
(6) “discharge”, “emission”, “garbage”, “harmful substance”, and “incident” shall have the meanings provided in the Convention;
(7) “navigable waters” includes the territorial sea of the United States (as defined in Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December 27, 1988) and the internal waters of the United States;
(8) “owner” means any person holding title to, or in the absence of title, any other indicia of ownership of, a ship or terminal, but does not include a person who, without participating in the management or operation of a ship or terminal, holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in the ship or terminal;
(9) “operator” means— (a) in the case of a ship, a charterer by demise or any other person, except the owner, who is responsible for the operation, manning, victualing, and supplying of the vessel, or (b) in the c
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The purpose of this chapter is to address the adverse impacts of marine debris on the United States economy, the marine environment (including waters in the jurisdiction of the United States, the high seas, and waters in the jurisdiction of other countries), and navigation safety through the identification, determination of sources, assessment, prevention, reduction, and removal of marine debris.
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1901
Sec.
1910.
Legal actions.
1911.
Effect on other laws.
1912.
International law.
1913.
Compliance reports.
1914.
Transferred.
1915.
Repealed.
§ 1901. Definitions
(a) Unless the context indicates otherwise, as
used in this chapter—
(1) ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy;
(2) ‘‘Antarctica’’ means the area south of 60
degrees south latitude;
(3) ‘‘Antarctic Protocol’’ means the Protocol
on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic
Treaty, signed October 4, 1991, in Madrid, and
all annexes thereto, and includes any future
amendments thereto which have entered into
force;
(4) ‘‘MARPOL Protocol’’ means the Protocol
of 1978 relating to the International Conven-
tion for the Prevention of Pollution from
Ships, 1973, and includes the Convention;
(5) ‘‘Convention’’ means the International
Convention for the Prevention of Pollution
from Ships, 1973, including Protocols I and II
and Annexes I, II, V, and VI thereto, including
any modification or amendments to the Con-
vention, Protocols, or Annexes which have en-
tered into force for the United States;
(6)
‘‘discharge’’,
‘‘emission’’,
‘‘garbage’’,
‘‘harmful substance’’, and ‘‘incident’’ shall
have the meanings provided in the Conven-
tion;
(7) ‘‘navigable waters’’ includes the terri-
torial sea of the United States (as defined in
Presidential Proclamation 5928 of December
27, 1988) and the internal waters of the United
States;
(8) ‘‘owner’’ means any person holding title
to, or in the absence of title, any other indicia
of ownership of, a ship or terminal, but does
not include a person who, without partici-
pating in the management or operation of a
ship or terminal, holds indicia of
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1911
(1) against any person alleged to be in viola-
tion of the provisions of this chapter, or regu-
lations issued hereunder;
(2) against the Secretary where there is al-
leged a failure of the Secretary to perform any
act or duty under this chapter which is not
discretionary with the Secretary;
(3) against the Administrator where there is
alleged a failure of the Administrator to per-
form any act or duty under this chapter which
is not discretionary; or
(4) against the Secretary of the Treasury
where there is alleged a failure of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury to take action under
section 1908(e) of this title.
(b) Commencement conditions
No action may be commenced under sub-
section (a) of this section—
(1) prior to 60 days after the plaintiff has
given notice, in writing and under oath, to the
alleged violator, the Secretary concerned or
the Administrator, and the Attorney General;
or
(2) if the Secretary or the Administrator has
commenced enforcement or penalty action
with respect to the alleged violation and is
conducting such procedures diligently.
(c) Venue
Any suit brought under this section shall be
brought—
(1) in a case concerning an onshore facility
or port, in the United States district court for
the judicial district where the onshore facility
or port is located;
(2) in a case concerning an offshore facility
or offshore structure under the jurisdiction of
the United States, in the United States dis-
trict court for the judicial district nearest the
offshore facility or offshore structure;
(3) in a case concerning a ship, in the United
States district court for any judicial district
wherein the ship or its owner or operator may
be found; or
(4) in any case, in the Distr
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TITLE 33—NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
§ 1956
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–449, § 5(a)(2), inserted ‘‘public,
interagency’’ before ‘‘forum’’.
1996—Pub. L. 104–324 amended section generally. Prior
to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘Not later than
September 30, 1988, the Secretary of Commerce shall
submit to the Congress a report on the effects of plastic
materials on the marine environment. The report
shall—
‘‘(1) identify and quantify the harmful effects of
plastic materials on the marine environment;
‘‘(2) assess the specific effects of plastic materials
on living marine resources in the marine environ-
ment;
‘‘(3) identify the types and classes of plastic mate-
rials that pose the greatest potential hazard to living
marine resources;
‘‘(4) analyze, in consultation with the Director of
the National Bureau of Standards, plastic materials
which are claimed to be capable of reduction to envi-
ronmentally benign submits under the action of nor-
mal environmental forces (including biological de-
composition, photodegradation, and hydrolysis); and
‘‘(5) recommend legislation which is necessary to
prohibit, tax, or regulate sources of plastic materials
that enter the marine environment.’’
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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 relat-
ing 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 Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
§ 1955. Federal
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