§ 2435. Unlawful activities

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. 1984

   Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984

   Pub. L. 98–623 title III § 306 · 98 Stat. 3394

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2435

   Pub. L. 98–623, title III, § 306, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3401

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 98–623, title III, § 306, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3401

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 306. UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES. It is unlawful for any person— (1) to engage in harvesting or other associated activities in violation of the provisions of the Convention or in violation of a conservation measure in force with respect to the United States pursuant to article IX of the Convention; (2) to violate any regulation promulgated under this title; (3) to ship, transport, offer for sale, sell, purchase, import, export, or have custody, control or possession of, any Antarctic marine living resource (or part or product thereof) which he knows, or reasonably should have known, was harvested in violation of a conservation measure in force with respect to the United States pursuant to article IX of the Convention or in violation of any regulation promulgated under this title, without regard to the citizenship of the person that harvested, or vessel that was used in the harvesting of, the Antarctic marine living resource (or part or product thereof); (4) to refuse to permit any authorized officer or employee of the United States to board a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States for purposes of conducting any search or inspection in connection with the enforcement of the Convention, this title, or any regulations promulgated under this title; (5) to assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, or interfere with any authorized officer or employee of the United States in the conduct of any search or inspection described in paragraph (4); (6) to resist a lawful arrest or detention for any act prohibited by this section; or (7) to interfere with, delay, or prevent, by any means, the apprehension, arrest, or detention of another person, knowing that such other person has committed any act prohibited by this section.

2. 2015

   Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–81 § 106(1)(A) · 129 Stat. 649

   Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 2435(3)

   Pub. L. 114–81, § 106(1)(A), struck out “which he knows, or reasonably should have known, was” before “harvested in violation”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (3). Pub. L. 114–81, § 106(1)(A), struck out “which he knows, or reasonably should have known, was” before “harvested in violation”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (A) in paragraph (3), by striking “which he knows, or reasonably should have known, was”;

3. 2015

   Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015

   Pub. L. 114–81 § 106(1)(B) · 129 Stat. 649

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 2435(4); 16 U.S.C. § 2435(5)

   Pub. L. 114–81, § 106(1)(B), (C), inserted “, investigation,” after “search”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pars. (4), (5). Pub. L. 114–81, § 106(1)(B), (C), inserted “, investigation,” after “search”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (B) in paragraph (4), by inserting “, investigation,” after “search”; and

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision