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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 9 — Fish and Wildlife Service

§ 742h. Reports on fishery products

Statutory text

(a)

Repealed. Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 103(a), , 94 Stat. 2237.

(b)

The Secretary is authorized to make a report to the President and the Congress, and, when requested by the United States International Trade Commission in connection with section 1364 of title 19, or when an investigation is made under the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332), the Secretary is authorized to make a report to such Commission, concerning the following matters with respect to any fishery product which is imported into the United States, or such reports may be made upon a request from any segment of the domestic industry producing a like or directly competitive product—

(1)

whether there has been a downward trend in the production, employment in the production, or prices, or a decline in the sales, of the like or directly competitive product by the domestic industry; and

(2)

whether there has been an increase in the imports of the fishery products into the United States, either actual or relative to the production of the like or directly competitive product produced by the domestic industry.

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. Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 9, 70 Stat. 1123 · 70 Stat. 1123

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 742h

    Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 9, 70 Stat. 1123

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 9, 70 Stat. 1123

  2. Trade Act of 1974

    Pub. L. 93–618 title I § 171(b) · 88 Stat. 1978

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 742h(b)

    Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Any reference in any law of the United States, or in any order, rule, regulation, or other document, to the United States Tariff Commission (or the Tariff Commission) shall be considered to refer to the United States International Trade Commission.

  3. Congressional Reports Elimination Act of 1980

    Pub. L. 96–470 title I § 103(a) · 94 Stat. 2237

    Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 742h(a)

    Pub. L. 96–470 struck out subsec. (a) which required Secretary of the Interior to make an annual report to Congress with respect to activities of United States Fish and Wildlife Service under this Act, accompanied by appropriate legislative recommendations

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–470 struck out subsec. (a) which required Secretary of the Interior to make an annual report to Congress with respect to activities of United States Fish and Wildlife Service under this Act, accompanied by appropriate legislative recommendations.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 9(a) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742h(a); 70 Stat. 1123) is repealed.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Section 1364 of title 19, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 87–794, title II, § 257(e)(1), , 76 Stat. 882.

Amendments1975–1980 · 2 rounds

1980

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–470 struck out subsec. (a) which required Secretary of the Interior to make an annual report to Congress with respect to activities of United States Fish and Wildlife Service under this Act, accompanied by appropriate legislative recommendations.

1975

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93–618 substituted “United States International Trade Commission” for “United States Tariff Commission”.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title.

Credits

1956–1980 · 3 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 9, 70 Stat. 1123
  2. 1975Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 171(b), , 88 Stat. 2009
  3. 1980Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 103(a), , 94 Stat. 2237.
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(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 9, 70 Stat. 1123; Pub. L. 93–618, title I, § 171(b), , 88 Stat. 2009; Pub. L. 96–470, title I, § 103(a), , 94 Stat. 2237.)

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