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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 77 — Yukon River Salmon

§ 5701. Purposes

Statutory text

It is the purpose of this subchapter—

(1)

to implement the interim agreement for the conservation of salmon stocks originating from the Yukon River in Canada agreed to through an exchange of notes between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada on ;

(2)

to provide for representation by the United States on the Yukon River Panel established under such agreement; and

(3)

to authorize to be appropriated sums necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the United States under such agreement.

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. Yukon River Salmon Act of 1995

    Pub. L. 104–43 title VII § 702 · 109 Stat. 366

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 5701

    (Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 702, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 392.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 702, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 392.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 702. PURPOSES. It is the purpose of this title— (1) to implement the interim agreement for the conservation of salmon stocks originating from the Yukon River in Canada agreed to through an exchange of notes between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada on February 3, 1995; (2) to provide for representation by the United States on the Yukon River Panel established under such agreement; and (3) to authorize to be appropriated sums necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the United States under such agreement.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title of 2004 Amendment

Pub. L. 108–219, title III, § 301, , 118 Stat. 616, provided that: “This title [amending section 5727 of this title and section 1977 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse] may be cited as the ‘International Fisheries Reauthorization Act of 2004’.”

Short Title

Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 701, , 109 Stat. 392, provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Yukon River Salmon Act of 1995’.”

Pub. L. 106–450, title II, § 201, , 114 Stat. 1941, provided that: “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000’.”

Credits

(Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 702, , 109 Stat. 392.)

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