§ 80301. International agreements

• (a) The President may make agreements with interested maritime countries to—
  • (1) maintain in the North Atlantic Ocean a service of ice patrol, of study and observation of ice and current conditions, and of assistance to vessels and their crews requiring assistance within the limits of the patrol;
  • (2) maintain a service of study and observation of ice and current conditions in the waters affecting the set and drift of ice in the North Atlantic Ocean; and
  • (3) take all practicable steps to ensure the destruction or removal of derelicts in the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, east of the line drawn from Cape Sable to a point in latitude 34 degrees north, longitude 70 degrees west, if the destruction or removal is necessary.
• (b) The President may include in an agreement under subsection (a) a provision for—
  • (1) payment to the United States Government by other countries for their proportionate share of the expense of maintaining the services; or
  • (2) contribution by the Government for its proportionate share if the agreement provides for another country to maintain the services.
• (c) Payments received pursuant to subsection (b)(1) shall be credited to the appropriation for operating expenses of the Coast Guard.