33 USC § 1486 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s1486"
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title: "33 USC § 1486 - Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "1486"
section_name: "Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund"
chapter_number: 28
chapter_name: "POLLUTION CASUALTIES ON THE HIGH SEAS: UNITED STATES INTERVENTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–248, § 17, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 101–380, title II, § 2001, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 506.)"
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# § 1486. Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund

The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund shall be available to the Secretary for actions taken under sections 1474 and 1476 of this title.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–248, § 17, Feb. 5, 1974, 88 Stat. 10; Pub. L. 101–380, title II, § 2001, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 506.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The revolving fund established under  shall be available to the Secretary for Federal actions and activities under .”

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to incidents occurring after , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .