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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 61 — Interjurisdictional Fisheries

§ 4101. Congressional statement of purposes

Statutory text

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to promote and encourage State activities in support of the management of interjurisdictional fishery resources;

(2)

to promote and encourage management of interjurisdictional fishery resources throughout their range; and

(3)

to promote and encourage research in preparation for the implementation of the use of ecosystems and interspecies approaches to the conservation and management of interjurisdictional fishery resources throughout their range.

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. Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986

    Pub. L. 99–659 title III § 302 · 100 Stat. 3706

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4101

    Pub. L. 99–659, title III, § 302, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3732

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 99–659, title III, § 302, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3732

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 302. PURPOSES. The purposes of this title are— (1) to promote and encourage State activities in support of the management of interjurisdictional fishery resources; and (2) to promote and encourage management of interjurisdictional fishery resources throughout their range.

  2. Pub. L. 107–372 title III § 302(b) · 116 Stat. 3078

    Added · 16 U.S.C. § 4101(3)

    Pub. L. 107–372 added par. (3)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–372 added par. (3).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Purposes of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986.— Section 302 of the Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4101) is amended by striking “and” after the semicolon at the end of paragraph (1), striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; and”, and adding at the end the following: “(3) to promote and encourage research in preparation for the implementation of the use of ecosystems and interspecies approaches to the conservation and management of interjurisdictional fishery resources throughout their range.”.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title III of Pub. L. 99–659, , 100 Stat. 3731, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of title III to the Code, see Short Title note set out below and Tables.

Amendments

2002—Par. (3). Pub. L. 107–372 added par. (3).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 99–659, title III, § 310, , 100 Stat. 3736, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 10D (§ 779 et seq.) of this title] takes effect .”

Short Title

Pub. L. 99–659, title III, § 301, , 100 Stat. 3731, provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter and repealing chapter 10D (§ 779 et seq.) of this title] may be cited as the ‘Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986’.”

Credits

1986–2002 · 2 acts
  1. 1986Pub. L. 99–659, title III, § 302, , 100 Stat. 3732
  2. 2002Pub. L. 107–372, title III, § 302(b), , 116 Stat. 3095.
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(Pub. L. 99–659, title III, § 302, , 100 Stat. 3732; Pub. L. 107–372, title III, § 302(b), , 116 Stat. 3095.)

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