Oil Pollution Act of 1961

Oil Pollution Act of 1961

Long title	An Act to implement the provisions of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954.
Nicknames	Oil Pollution Act, 1961
Enacted by	the 87th United States Congress
Effective	August 30, 1961
Citations
Public law	87-167
Statutes at Large	75 Stat. 402
Codification
Titles amended	33 U.S.C.: Navigable Waters
U.S.C. sections created	33 U.S.C. ch. 20 §§ 1001-1016
Legislative history
Introduced in the Senate as S. 2187 Passed the Senate on May 16, 1961 (92-0) Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on August 30, 1961

Oil Pollution Act of 1961, 33 U.S.C. Chapter 20 §§ 1001–1011, established judicial definitions and coastal prohibitions for the United States maritime industry. The Act invoked the accords of the International Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil, 1954. The international agreement provided provisions to control the discharge of fossil fuel pollutants from nautical vessels on the high seas.

The S. 2187 legislation was passed by the United States 87th Congressional session and enacted by the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy on August 30, 1961.