2014 US Code
Title 46 - Shipping (Sections 101 - 80509)
Subtitle VII - Security and Drug Enforcement (Sections 70101 - 70508)
Chapter 705 - Maritime Drug Law Enforcement (Sections 70501 - 70508)
Sec. 70501 - Findings and declarations
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 46 - SHIPPING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 46 - SHIPPING Subtitle VII - Security and Drug Enforcement CHAPTER 705 - MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT Sec. 70501 - Findings and declarations |
Contains | section 70501 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 109-304, §10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1685; Pub. L. 110-407, title II, §201, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4299. |
Statutes at Large References | 94 Stat. 1160 100 Stat. 447, 3207-95, 3552 120 Stat. 1685 122 Stat. 4299 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 96-350, Public Law 99-307, Public Law 99-570, Public Law 99-640, Public Law 109-304, Public Law 110-407 |
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Congress finds and declares that (1) trafficking in controlled substances aboard vessels is a serious international problem, is universally condemned, and presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States and (2) operating or embarking in a submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage is a serious international problem, facilitates transnational crime, including drug trafficking, and terrorism, and presents a specific threat to the safety of maritime navigation and the security of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109–304, §10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1685; Pub. L. 110–407, title II, §201, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4299.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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70501 | 46 App.:1902. | Pub. L. 96–350, §2, Sept. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 1160; Pub. L. 99–307, §7, May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 447; Pub. L. 99–570, title III, §3202, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3207–95; Pub. L. 99–640, §17, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3552. |
2008—Pub. L. 110–407 inserted cl. (1) designation after "declares that", substituted "States and" for "States.", and added cl. (2).
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