33 U.S.C. § 1602 : US Code - Section 1602: International Regulations

Search 33 U.S.C. § 1602 : US Code - Section 1602: International Regulations

(a) Proclamation by President; effective date
The President is authorized to proclaim the International
Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (hereinafter
referred to as the "International Regulations"). The effective date
of the International Regulations for the United States shall be
specified in the proclamation and shall be the date as near as
possible to, but no earlier than, the date on which the Convention
on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea,
1972 (hereinafter referred to as the "Convention"), signed at
London, England, under date of October 20, 1972, enters into force
for the United States. The International Regulations proclaimed
shall consist of the rules and other annexes attached to the
Convention.
(b) Publication of proclamation in Federal Register
The proclamation shall include the International Regulations and
shall be published in the Federal Register. On the date specified
in the proclamation, the International Regulations shall enter into
force for the United States and shall have effect as if enacted by
statute.
(c) Amendment of International Regulations
Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, the
President is also authorized to proclaim any amendment to the
International Regulations hereafter adopted in accordance with the
provisions of article VI of the Convention, and to which the United
States does not object. The effective date of the amendment shall
be specified in the proclamation and shall be in accordance with
the provisions of the said article VI. The proclamation shall
include the adopted amendment and shall be published in the Federal
Register. On the date specified in the proclamation, the amendment
shall enter into force for the United States as a constituent part
of the International Regulations, as amended, and shall have effect
as if enacted by statute.
(d) Notification to Congress of proposed amendments; Congressional
resolution of disapproval
(1) Upon receiving a proposed amendment to the International
Regulations, communicated to the United States pursuant to clause 3
of article VI of the Convention, the President shall promptly
notify the Congress of the proposed amendment. If, within sixty
days after receipt of such notification by the Congress, or ten
days prior to the date under clause 4 of article VI for registering
an objection, whichever comes first, the Congress adopts a
resolution of disapproval, such resolution shall be transmitted to
the President and shall constitute an objection by the United
States to the proposed amendment. If, upon receiving notification
of the resolution of disapproval, the President has not already
notified the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization
of an objection to the United States to the proposed amendment, he
shall promptly do so.
(2) For the purposes of this subsection, "resolution of
disapproval" means a concurrent resolution initiated by either
House of the Congress, the matter after the resolving clause of
which is to read as follows: "That the (the
concurring) does not favor the proposed amendment to the
International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972,
relating to , and forwarded to the Congress by the
President on .", the first blank space therein to be filled
with the name of the resolving House, the second blank space
therein to be filled with the name of the concurring House, the
third blank space therein to be filled with the subject matter of
the proposed amendment, and the fourth blank space therein to be
filled with the day, month, and year.
(3) Any proposed amendment transmitted to the Congress by the
President and any resolution of disapproval pertaining thereto
shall be referred, in the House of Representatives, to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and shall be
referred, in the Senate, to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation.