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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 67 — Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control

§ 4726. International cooperation

Statutory text

(a)

Advice

The Task Force shall provide timely advice to the Secretary of State concerning aquatic nuisance species that infest waters shared with other countries.

(b)

Negotiations

The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Task Force, is encouraged to initiate negotiations with the governments of foreign countries concerning the planning and implementation of prevention, monitoring, research, education, and control programs related to aquatic nuisance species infesting shared water resources.

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. Pub. L. 101–646 title I § 1206 · 104 Stat. 4761

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 4726

    Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1206, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4771

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1206, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4771

  2. National Invasive Species Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–332 § 2(h)(1) · 110 Stat. 4073

    Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 4726

    Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 1206, which enacted this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 1206, which enacted this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in titles I, II, and IV, by striking the quotation marks 16 USC 4701, 941; 33 USC 2761. at the beginning of any title, subtitle, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause, or undesignated provision;

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 1206, which enacted this section.

Credits

1990–1996 · 2 acts
  1. 1990Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1206, , 104 Stat. 4771
  2. 1996Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), , 110 Stat. 4091.
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(Pub. L. 101–646, title I, § 1206, , 104 Stat. 4771; Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), , 110 Stat. 4091.)

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