Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 44A — Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention
§ 2442. Relationship to existing treaties and statutes
Statutory text
In general
Nothing in this chapter 1 shall be construed as contravening or superseding (1) the provisions of any international treaty, convention, or agreement, if such treaty, convention or agreement is in force with respect to the United States on , or (2) the provisions of any statute which implements any such treaty, convention, or agreement. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as contravening or superseding the provisions of any statute enacted before , which may otherwise apply to Antarctic marine living resources.
Application of more restrictive provisions
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the application of provisions of the Convention, conservation measures adopted by the Commission pursuant to article IX of the Convention, or regulations promulgated under this chapter, which are more restrictive than the provisions of, measures adopted under, or regulations promulgated under, the treaties or statutes described in subsection (a).
Footnotes
- 1 See Codification note below.
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.
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984
Pub. L. 98–623 title III § 313 · 98 Stat. 3394
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2442
(Pub. L. 98–623, title III, § 313, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3406.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 98–623, title III, § 313, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3406.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 313. RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING TREATIES AND STATUTES. (a) In General.— Nothing in this Act shall be construed as contravening or superseding (1) the provisions of any international treaty, convention, or agreement, if such treaty, convention or agreement is in force with respect to the United States on the date of the enactment of this title, or (2) the provisions of any statute which implements any such treaty, convention, or agreement. Nothing in this title shall be construed as contravening or superseding the provisions of any statute enacted before the date of the enactment of this title which may otherwise apply to Antarctic marine living resources. (b) Application of More Restrictive Provisions.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the application of provisions TIAS 10240. of the Convention, conservation measures adopted by the Commission pursuant to article IX of the Convention, or regulations promulgated under this title, which are more restrictive than the provisions of, measures adopted under, or regulations promulgated under, the treaties or statutes described in subsection (a).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
This chapter, the first time it appears in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act” and was translated as reading “this title”, as the probable intent of Congress.