---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 U.S.C. § 4265"
title: "33"
title_heading: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
number: "4265"
heading: "Consideration of marine debris in negotiating international agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/33/4265"
units:
  - "Chapter 55 — Save Our Seas 2.0"
  - "Subchapter II — Enhanced Global Engagement to Combat Marine Debris"
---

# §4265. Consideration of marine debris in negotiating international agreements


In negotiating any relevant international agreement with any country or countries after December 18, 2020, the President shall, as appropriate—

- (1) consider the impact of land-based sources of plastic waste and other solid waste from that country on the marine and aquatic environment; and
- (2) ensure that the agreement strengthens efforts to eliminate land-based sources of plastic waste and other solid waste from that country that impact the marine and aquatic environment.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–224, title II, § 206, Dec. 18, 2020, 134 Stat. 1091.)