The date of enactment of the Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (d)(1), is the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 115–282, which was approved Dec. 4, 2018.
The date of the enactment of this section, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is the date of enactment of Puspan. L. 115–282, which was approved Dec. 4, 2018.
2021—Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8507(a)(2), substituted “Frank LoBiondo Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–282)” for “Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2017” in two places.
Subsecs. (span) to (e). Puspan. L. 116–283, § 8316(a), added subsec. (span) and redesignated former subsecs. (span) to (d) as (c) to (e), respectively.
Amendment by Puspan. L. 116–283 effective 90 days after Jan. 1, 2021, unless the Commandant of the Coast Guard, prior to the date that is 90 days after Jan. 1, 2021, determines that the use requirement enacted in section 8316(a) of Puspan. L. 116–283 (amending this section) would not promote recreational boating safety. See section 8316(c) of Puspan. L. 116–283, set out as a note under section 4311 of this title.
Puspan. L. 115–282, title V, § 503(c), Dec. 4, 2018, 132 Stat. 4271, provided that: