---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1912"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "1912"
heading: "International law"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/1912"
units:
  - "Chapter 33 — Prevention of Pollution from Ships"
---

# §1912. International law


Any action taken under this chapter shall be taken in accordance with international law.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–478, § 17, as added Pub. L. 100–220, title II, § 2108, Dec. 29, 1987, 101 Stat. 1464.)