---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 1967"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "1967"
heading: "United States release from liability"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/1967"
units:
  - "Chapter 33A — Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction"
  - "Subchapter II — Marine Debris Foundation"
---

# §1967. United States release from liability


The United States shall not be liable for any debts, defaults, acts, or omissions of the Foundation nor shall the full faith and credit of the United States extend to any obligation of the Foundation.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–449, § 117, formerly Pub. L. 116–224, title I, § 117, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1080; renumbered Pub. L. 109–449, § 117, by Pub. L. 119–65, § 3(a), Dec. 26, 2025, 139 Stat. 1987.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 4217 of this title prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 119–65.