Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 93 — Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing
§ 7408. International cooperation and assistance
Statutory text
Assistance to developing nations and international organizations
Consistent with existing authority and the availability of funds, the Secretary shall provide appropriate assistance to developing nations and international organizations of which such nations are members to assist those nations in meeting their obligations under the Agreement.
Personnel, services, equipment, and facilities
In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may, by agreement, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, utilize the personnel, services, equipment, and facilities of any Federal, State, local, or foreign government or any entity of any such government.
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.
Port State Measures Agreement Act of 2015
Pub. L. 114–81 title III § 309 · 129 Stat. 649
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 7408
(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 309, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 669.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–81, title III, § 309, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 669.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 309. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND ASSISTANCE. (a) Assistance to Developing Nations and International Organizations.— Consistent with existing authority and the availability of funds, the Secretary shall provide appropriate assistance to developing nations and international organizations of which such nations are members to assist those nations in meeting their obligations under the Agreement. (b) Personnel, Services, Equipment, and Facilities.— In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary may, by agreement, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, utilize the personnel, services, equipment, and facilities of any Federal, State, local, or foreign government or any entity of any such government.
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