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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 32 — Marine Sanctuaries

§ 1439. Regulations

Statutory text

The Secretary may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act of 1972

    Pub. L. 92–532 title III § 308 · 86 Stat. 1052

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1439

    Pub. L. 92–532, title III, § 308, formerly § 309, as added Pub. L. 98–498, title I, § 102, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2303

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–532, title III, § 308, formerly § 309, as added Pub. L. 98–498, title I, § 102, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2303

  2. Pub. L. 106–513 § 9 · 114 Stat. 2381

    Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 1439

    Pub. L. 106–513 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–513 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 9. ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AUTHORITY. Section 308 (16 U.S.C. 1439) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 308. REGULATIONS. “The Secretary may issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this title.”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions
Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–513 amended section catchline and text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “If any provision of this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Act and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.”

Credits

1984–2000 · 3 acts
  1. 1984Pub. L. 92–532, title III, § 308, formerly § 309, as added Pub. L. 98–498, title I, § 102, , 98 Stat. 2303
  2. 1988renumbered § 308, Pub. L. 100–627, title II, § 203(2), , 102 Stat. 3214
  3. 2000Pub. L. 106–513, § 9, , 114 Stat. 2387.
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(Pub. L. 92–532, title III, § 308, formerly § 309, as added Pub. L. 98–498, title I, § 102, , 98 Stat. 2303; renumbered § 308, Pub. L. 100–627, title II, § 203(2), , 102 Stat. 3214; Pub. L. 106–513, § 9, , 114 Stat. 2387.)

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