§ 4713. — Armed services ballast water programs.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC4713]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 67--AQUATIC NUISANCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER II--PREVENTION OF UNINTENTIONAL INTRODUCTIONS OF
NONINDIGENOUS AQUATIC SPECIES
Sec. 4713. Armed services ballast water programs
(a) Department of Defense vessels
Subject to operational conditions, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary, the Task Force, and the International
Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management
program for seagoing vessels of the Department of Defense to minimize
the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of
ballast water.
(b) Coast Guard vessels
Subject to operational conditions, the Secretary, in consultation
with the Task Force and the International Maritime Organization, shall
implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the
Coast Guard to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous
species from releases of ballast water.
(Pub. L. 101-646, title I, Sec. 1103, as added Pub. L. 104-332,
Sec. 2(d), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4083.)
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.
