Editorial Notes
References in Text

Section 13 of the Act of May 13, 1954, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2) and (c)(2), is classified to section 988a of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

Section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is classified to section 2238 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

Amendments

2020—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 116–260 substituted “Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation” for “Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation”.

2014—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 113–121 struck out “(as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Water Resources Development Act of 1996)” after “1986”.

1996—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 104–303 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: “to carry out section 210(a) of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section),”.

1993—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 103–182 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “for the payment of all expenses of administration incurred—

“(A) by the Department of the Treasury in administering subchapter A of chapter 36 (relating to harbor maintenance tax), but not in excess of $5,000,000 for any fiscal year, and

“(B) for periods during which no fee applies under paragraph (9) or (10) of section 13031(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1993 Amendment

Pub. L. 103–182, title VI, § 683(b), Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2218, which provided that the amendment made by section 683(a) of Pub. L. 103–182 was applicable to fiscal years beginning after Dec. 8, 1993, was repealed by Pub. L. 116–113, title VI, § 601, Jan. 29, 2020, 134 Stat. 78, effective on the date the USMCA entered into force (July 1, 2020).

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–662, title XIV, § 1403(d), Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4270, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [enacting this section] shall take effect on April 1, 1987.”

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Deposits and Expenditures

Pub. L. 102–580, title III, § 330, Oct. 31, 1992, 106 Stat. 4851, as amended by Pub. L. 116–260, div. AA, title I, § 103, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2621, which authorized the President to transmit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate an annual report on expenditures from and deposits into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, was repealed by Pub. L. 118–272, div. A, title II, § 1206(d)(2), Jan. 4, 2025, 138 Stat. 3077.