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1 (14) Section 16 (33 U.S.C. 1014) is renumbered 



2 section 15 and is amended by adding between the words 



3 "provisions of and the word "the" the words "section 311 



4 of", and by deleting the words "Oil Pollution Act, 1924," 



5 and substituting therefor the words "Federal Water Pollution 



6 Control Act,". 



7 (15) Section 17 (33 U.S.C. 1015) is repealed. 



8 Sec. 3. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of 



9 this section, this amending Act is efifective upon the date of 



10 its enactment or upon the date amendments to the Inter- 



11 national Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of 



12 the Sea by Oil, 1954, as amended, adopted by the Assembly 



13 of the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organiza- 



14 tion on October 21, 1969, October 12, 1971, and October 15, 



15 1971, are ratified or accepted with the advice and consent 



16 of the Senate of the United States, whichever is the later 



17 date. 



18 (b) Any rights or liabilities existing on the effective 



19 date of this Act shall not be affected by the enactment of 



20 this Act. Any regulations or procedures promulgated or 



21 effected pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act, 1961, as pre- 



22 viously amended, remain in effect until modified or super- 



23 ceded under the authority of the Oil Pollution Act, 1961, as 



24 amended by this Act. Any reference to the International 



25 Convention for the Prevention of the Pollution of the Sea 



