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PUBLIC LAW 93-253-MAR. 16, 1974

[88 STAT.

Public Law 93-253 March 16, 1974 [H. R. 8245]

Reorganization P l a n No. 2 of 1973, amendments. 5 USC app. 11. Repeals.

Effective date.

AN ACT To amend Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1973, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1973 is amended by— (1) repealing section 2; (2) repealing section 6(b) and redesignating section 6(a) as section 6; and (3) striking "and to the Secretary of the Treasury", and "and to the Department of the Treasury, respectively," from section 8. (b) The repeals and amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of July 1, 1973. SEC. 2. Section 2680(h) of title 28, United States Code, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: '•''Provided, That, with regard to acts or omissions of investigative or law enforcement officers of the United States Government, the provisions of this chapter and section 1346(b) of this title shall apply to any claim arising, on or after the date of the enactment of this proviso, out of assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, abuse of process, or malicious prosecution. For the purpose of this subsection, 'investigative or law enforcement officer' means any officer of the United States who is empowered by law to execute searches, to seize evidence, or to make arrests for violations of Federal law.". Approved March 16, 1974. Public Law 93-254

March 22, 1974 [H. R. 5450]

Marine Protection, R e s e a r c h, and S a n c t u a r i e s Act of 1972, amendments. 33 USC 1 4 0 1.

33 USC 1402.

AN ACT

To amend the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972, in order to implement the provisions of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (86 Stat. 1052) is amended as follows: (1) Section 2 is amended by deleting the last sentence thereof and by adding a new subsection to read as follows: "(c) I t is the purpose of this Act to regulate (1) the transportation by any person of material from the United States and, in the case of United States vessels, aircraft, or agencies, the transportation of material from a location outside the United States, when in either case the transportation is for the purpose of dumping the material into ocean waters, and (2) the dumping of material transported by any person from a location outside the United States, if the dumping occurs in the territorial sea or the contiguous zone of the United States.". (2) Section 3 is amended— (A) in subsection (c), by deleting "oil within the meaning of section 11 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1161), and does not mean sewagfe from vessels within the meaning of section 13 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1163).", and inserting in lieu thereof "sewage from vessels within the meaning of section 312 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. 1322). Oil within the meaning of

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