An Act to protect navigation from obstruction and injury by preventing the discharge of oil into the coastal navigable waters of the United States.
Nicknames
Oil Pollution Act, 1924
Enacted by
the 68th United States Congress
Effective
June 7, 1924
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 68–238
Statutes at Large
43 Stat. 604
Codification
Titles amended
33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters
U.S.C. sections created
33 U.S.C. ch. 9, subch. II § 431 et seq.
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 1942
Passed the Senate on June 16, 1924 (Passed)
Passed the House on June 5, 1924 (Passed) with amendment
Senate agreed to House amendment on June 5, 1924 (Agreed)
Signed into law by President Calvin Coolidge on June 7, 1924
Oil Pollution Act of 1924 is a United States federal statute establishing regulations for coastal navigable waters with regards to intentional fossil fuel discharges from seagoing vessels. The Act of Congress grants the Secretary of War authority to evaluate the oil volume discharge from a vessel while assessing if coastal navigable waters have a potential toxicity posing a deleterious condition for human health and seafood contamination. The 1924 United States statute provides judicial penalties encompassing civil and criminal punishment for violations of the prescribed regulations as stated in the Act.
The legislation was passed by the 68th United States Congressional session and confirmed as a federal law by the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge on June 7, 1924.
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