---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 U.S.C. § 80301"
title: "46"
title_heading: "Shipping"
number: "80301"
heading: "International agreements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/46/80301"
units:
  - "Subtitle VIII — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 803 — Ice and Derelicts"
---

# §80301. International agreements

- (a) **General Authority.—** The President may make agreements with interested maritime countries to—
  - (1) maintain in the North Atlantic Ocean a service of ice patrol, of study and observation of ice and current conditions, and of assistance to vessels and their crews requiring assistance within the limits of the patrol;
  - (2) maintain a service of study and observation of ice and current conditions in the waters affecting the set and drift of ice in the North Atlantic Ocean; and
  - (3) take all practicable steps to ensure the destruction or removal of derelicts in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, east of the line drawn from Cape Sable to a point in latitude 34 degrees north, longitude 70 degrees west, if the destruction or removal is necessary.
- (b) **Payment Between Countries.—** The President may include in an agreement under [subsection (a)](#a) a provision for—
  - (1) payment to the United States Government by other countries for their proportionate share of the expense of maintaining the services; or
  - (2) contribution by the Government for its proportionate share if the agreement provides for another country to maintain the services.
- (c) **Payments.—** Payments received pursuant to [subsection (b)(1)](#b-1) shall be credited to the appropriation for operations and support of the [Coast Guard](/usc/46/2101.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 109–304, § 11, Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1692; Pub. L. 113–281, title III, § 314(a)(1), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3049; Pub. L. 116–283, div. G, title LVXXXV [LXXXV], § 8513(b), Jan. 1, 2021, 134 Stat. 4761.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 80301 | 46 App.:738. | June 25, 1936, ch. 807, § 1, 49 Stat. 1922. |

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2021—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 116–283 substituted “operations and support” for “operating expenses”.

2014—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 113–281 added subsec. (c).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2014 Amendment

Pub. L. 113–281, title III, § 314(c), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat. 3049, provided that: “This section [enacting section 80304 of this title and amending this section and section 80302 of this title] shall take effect on January 1, 2017.”