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[CITE: 33USC1501]


                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

                       CHAPTER 29--DEEPWATER PORTS

Sec. 1501. Congressional declaration of policy

    (a) It is declared to be the purposes of the Congress in this
chapter to--
        (1) authorize and regulate the location, ownership,
    construction, and operation of deepwater ports in waters beyond the
    territorial limits of the United States;
        (2) provide for the protection of the marine and coastal
    environment to prevent or minimize any adverse impact which might
    occur as a consequence of the development of such ports;
        (3) protect the interests of the United States and those of
    adjacent coastal States in the location, construction, and operation
    of deepwater ports; and
        (4) protect the rights and responsibilities of States and
    communities to regulate growth, determine land use, and otherwise
    protect the environment in accordance with law.

    (b) The Congress declares that nothing in this chapter shall be
construed to affect the legal status of the high seas, the superjacent
airspace, or the seabed and subsoil, including the Continental Shelf.

(Pub. L. 93-627, Sec. 2, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2126.)

                      Short Title of 1984 Amendment

    Pub. L. 98-419, Sec. 1, Sept. 25, 1984, 98 Stat. 1607, provided:
``That this Act [amending sections 1502, 1503, 1504, 1506, 1507, 1517,
and 1518 of this title and enacting provisions set out as a note under
section 1518 of this title] may be cited as the `Deepwater Port Act
Amendments of 1984'.''

                               Short Title

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 93-627 provided: ``That this Act [enacting this
chapter and amending section 1333 of Title 43, Public Lands] may be
cited as the `Deepwater Port Act of 1974'.''

    Deposit of Certain Penalties Into Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

    Penalties paid pursuant to this chapter and sections 1319(c) and
1321 of this title to be deposited in the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
created under section 9509 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, see
section 4304 of Pub. L. 101-380, set out as a note under section 9509 of
Title 26.

          Environmental Effects Abroad of Major Federal Actions

    For provisions relating to environmental effects abroad of major
Federal actions, see Ex. Ord. No. 12114, Jan. 4, 1979, 44 F.R. 1957, set
out as a note under section 4321 of Title 42, The Public Health and
Welfare.