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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "33 U.S.C. § 1478"
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description: "Personal, flag state, and foreign state considerations"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 33
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title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
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chapter_number: "28"
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chapter_name: "POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION"
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section: "1478"
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citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1478"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc33@119-100.zip"
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# 33 U.S.C. § 1478 - Personal, flag state, and foreign state considerations
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## Text
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In the direction and conduct of measures under this chapter the Secretary shall use his best endeavors to—
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(1) assure the avoidance of risk to human life;
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(2) render all possible aid to distressed persons, including facilitating repatriation of ships’ crews; and
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(3) not unnecessarily interfere with rights and interests of others, including the flag state of any ship involved, other foreign states threatened by damage, and persons otherwise concerned.
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(Pub. L. 93–248, § 9, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 9.)
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