Section was formerly classified to section
955b of Title
21, Food and Drugs.
1986—
Pub. L. 99–570 and
Pub. L. 99–640 generally amended section identically, substituting provisions relating to Congressional declaration of findings for provisions relating to definitions.
Subsec. (a).
Pub. L. 99–307 inserted provision that an event otherwise qualifying as an arrangement not lose that qualification by the fact that consent to, or the terms of, such arrangement are communicated by radio, telephone, or other similar means, or by how specific such arrangement is as to the vessel to which such arrangement applies.
Section 2015 of
Pub. L. 99–570, as amended by
Pub. L. 100–690, title IV, § 4802(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988,
102 Stat. 4294, provided for interdiction procedures for vessels of foreign registry, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 103–447, title I, § 103(c), Nov. 2, 1994,
108 Stat. 4694.