OVERFILL AND TANK LEVEL OR PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICES.

SEC. 4110. OVERFILL AND TANK LEVEL OR PRESSURE MONITORING DEVICES. (a) Standards.—The Secretary may establish, by regulation, minimum standards for devices for warning persons of overfills and tank levels of oil in cargo tanks and devices for monitoring the pressure of oil cargo tanks. (b) Use.—No sooner than 1 year after the Secretary prescribes regulations under subsection (a), the Secretary may issue regulations establishing, consistent with generally recognized principles of international law, requirements concerning the use of— (1) overfill devices, and (2) tank level or pressure monitoring devices, which are referred to in subsection (a) and which meet any standards established by the Secretary under subsection (a), on vessels constructed or adapted to carry, or that carry, oil in bulk as cargo or cargo residue on the navigable waters and the waters of the exclusive economic zone. [46 U.S.C. 3703 note]