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title: "33 U.S.C. § 1231a"
description: "Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(6)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4290"
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title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_name: "PORTS AND WATERWAYS SAFETY PROGRAM"
section: "1231a"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1231a"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 1231a - Repealed. Pub. L. 115–282, title VI, § 601(c)(6)(A), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4290

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 96–380, Oct. 6, 1980, 94 Stat. 1521; Pub. L. 97–322, title I, § 118(d), Oct. 15, 1982, 96 Stat. 1587; Pub. L. 98–557, § 16(a), Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 2866; Pub. L. 101–225, title I, § 105(b), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1910; Pub. L. 104–324, title III, § 304(c), Oct. 19, 1996, 110 Stat. 3917; Pub. L. 107–295, title III, § 336, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2105; Pub. L. 108–293, title IV, § 418(g), Aug. 9, 2004, 118 Stat. 1049; Pub. L. 111–281, title VI, § 621(e), Oct. 15, 2010, 124 Stat. 2976, established the Towing Safety Advisory Committee. See section 15108 of Title 46, Shipping.