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title: "46 U.S.C. § 70501"
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title_number: 46
title_name: "SHIPPING"
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chapter_name: "MARITIME DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT"
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# 46 U.S.C. § 70501 - Findings and declarations
## Text
Congress finds and declares that (1) trafficking in controlled substances aboard vessels is a serious international problem, is universally condemned, and presents a specific threat to the security and societal well-being of the United States and (2) operating or embarking in a submersible vessel or semi-submersible vessel without nationality and on an international voyage is a serious international problem, facilitates transnational crime, including drug trafficking, and terrorism, and presents a specific threat to the safety of maritime navigation and the security of the United States.
(Pub. L. 109304, § 10(2), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1685; Pub. L. 110407, title II, § 201, Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4299.)
## Notes
Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7050146 App.:1902.Pub. L. 96350, § 2, Sept. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 1160; Pub. L. 99307, § 7, May 19, 1986, 100 Stat. 447; Pub. L. 99570, title III, § 3202, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 320795; Pub. L. 99640, § 17, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3552.
Editorial Notes
Amendments2008—Pub. L. 110407 inserted cl. (1) designation after “declares that”, substituted “States and” for “States.”, and added cl. (2).