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Public Law 95–33
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980 to carry out the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975.
Approved May 26, 1977
Statutory text
An Act
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1978, 1979, and 1980 to carry out the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 10 of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971h) is amended by striking out “fiscal year 1977” and inserting in lieu thereof “fiscal years 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980”.
Sec. 2.
Section 2(4) of such Act of 1975 (16 U.S.C. 971(4)) is
“Fisheries zone.”
amended to read as follows:
“(4) The term ‘fisheries zone’ means the waters included within a zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States, of which the. inner boundary is a line coterminous with the seaward boundary of each coastal State, and the outer boundary is a line drawn in such a manner that each point on it is two hundred nautical miles from the baseline from which the territorial sea is measured; or similar zones established by other parties to the Convention to the extent that such zones are recognized by the United States.”.
Approved May 26, 1977.