Oil Pollution Act of 1973

Oil Pollution Act of 1973

Long title	An Act to amend the Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as amended, to implement the 1969 and 1971 amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended; and for other purposes.
Nicknames	Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973
Enacted by	the 93rd United States Congress
Effective	October 4, 1973
Citations
Public law	93-119
Statutes at Large	87 Stat. 424-2
Codification
Acts amended	Oil Pollution Act of 1961
Titles amended	33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters
U.S.C. sections amended	33 U.S.C. ch. 20 §§ 1001-1016
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 5451 by Leonor Sullivan (D-MO) on March 8, 1973 Committee consideration by House Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Senate Commerce Passed the House on May 8, 1973 (370-1) Passed the Senate on September 24, 1973 (passed) Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on October 4, 1973

The Oil Pollution Act of 1973 or Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973, 33 U.S.C. Chapter 20 §§ 1001-1011, was a United States federal law which amended the United States Statute 75 Stat. 402. The Act of Congress sustained the United States commitment to control the discharge of fossil fuel pollutants from nautical vessels and to acknowledge the embargo of coastal zones in trans-boundary waters.

The H.R. 5451 legislation was passed by the United States 93rd Congressional session and enacted by the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon on October 4, 1973.