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 the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended; and for other purposes.
PL 93-119 (H.R.5451), enacted 10/04/1973

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PUBLIC LAW 93-118-OCT. 4, 1973 
[87 STAT. 
October 4, 1973 
[H. J. Res. 753] 
Continuing 
appropriations, 
1974. 
Ante, 
p. 133. 
Public Law 93-118 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
Making further continuing appropriations for tlie fiscal year 1974, and for 
other purposes. 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress asserribled^ That clause (c) of section 
102 of the joint resolution of July 1, 1973 (Public Law 93-52), is 
hereby amended by strikin^r out "September 30,1973" and inserting in 
lieu thereof "October 11,1973". 
Approved October 4, 1973. 
October 4, 1973 
[H. R. 5451] 
Oil Pollution 
Act Amendments 
of 1973. 
80 Stat. 372. 
Definitions. 
Repeal. 
Public Law 93-119 
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 Pre-
vention of the Pollution of the Sea 'by Oil, 1954, as amended; and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Oil Pollution Act Amendments of 1973". 
SEC. 2. The Oil Pollution Act, 1961 (75 Stat. 402), as amended (33 
TT.S.C. 1001-1015), is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 2 (33 U.S.C. 1001) is amended— 
(A) by repealing subsection (g); 
(B) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f), as 
subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; 
(C) by adding a new subsection (c) to read: 
"(c) The term 'instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content' means 
the rate of discharge of oil in liters per hour at any instant divided 
by the speed of the ship in knots at the same instant;"; 
(D) in subsection (c) (redesignated (d) by subparagraph (B) 
of this paragraph) : 
(1) by deleting the word "marine"; and 
(2) by deleting tl^e words "American Society for the Test-
ing of Materials" and substituting therefor the words 
"American Society for Testing and Materials"; 
(E) in subsection (e) (redesignated (f) by subparagraph (B) 
of this paragraph) by changing the period to a semicolon at the 
end of the first sentence thereof and by amending the second sen-
tence to read "an 'oily mixture' means a mixture with any oil 
content;"; 
(F) by amending subsection (h) to read "The term 'Secretary' 
means the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard 
is operating;"; and 
(G) in subsection (j) by changing the period to a semicolon and 
by adding the following to the sentence: "except that, for the pur-
pose of this Act 'from the nearest land' off the northeastern coast 
of Australia means a line drawn from a point on the coast of Aus-
tralia in latitude 11 degrees south, longitude 142 degrees 08 
minutes east to a point in latitude 10 degrees 35 minutes south, 
longitude 141 degrees 55 minutes east— 
"thence to a point latitude 10 degrees 00 minutes south, longi-
tude 142 degrees 00 minutes east; 
"thence to a point latitude 9 degrees 10 minutes south, longitude 
143 dearrees 52 minutes east;