{"identifier":"/us/usc/t16/s4713","title":16,"num":"\u00a7\u202f4713.","heading":"Armed services ballast water programs","text":"\u00a7\u202f4713.\nArmed services ballast water programs\n(a)\nDepartment of Defense vessels\nSubject to operational conditions, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary, the Task Force, and the International Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Department of Defense to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.\n(b)\nCoast Guard vessels\nSubject to operational conditions, the Secretary, in consultation with the Task Force and the International Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Coast Guard to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t16/s4713.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4713","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f4713."},{"t":"heading","text":"Armed services ballast water programs"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4713/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Department of Defense vessels"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Subject to operational conditions, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary, the Task Force, and the International Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Department of Defense to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t16/s4713/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Coast Guard vessels"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Subject to operational conditions, the Secretary, in consultation with the Task Force and the International Maritime Organization, shall implement a ballast water management program for seagoing vessels of the Coast Guard to minimize the risk of introduction of nonindigenous species from releases of ballast water.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}