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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 88 — Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention

§ 6908. Territorial participation

Statutory text

The Secretary of State shall ensure participation in the Commission and its subsidiary bodies by American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands to the same extent provided to the territories of other nations.

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. Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act

    Pub. L. 109–479 title V § 509 · 120 Stat. 3575

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 6908

    (Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 509, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3643.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 509, Jan. 12, 2007, 120 Stat. 3643.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 509. TERRITORIAL PARTICIPATION.   The Secretary of State shall ensure participation in the Commission and its subsidiary bodies by American Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands to the same extent provided to the territories of other nations.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 109–479, title V, § 509, , 120 Stat. 3643.)

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