§ 773c. General responsibility

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. 1982

   Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982

   Pub. L. 97–176 § 5 · 96 Stat. 78

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 773c

   Pub. L. 97–176, § 5, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 79

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 97–176, § 5, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 79

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. (a) The Secretary shall have general responsibility to 16 USC 773c. carry out the Convention and this Act. (b) In fulfilling this responsibility, the Secretary— Duties. (1) shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, adopt such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Convention and this Act; and (2) may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, cooperate with the duly authorized officials of the Government of Canada. (c) The Regional Fishery Management Council having authority Regulations. for the geographic area concerned may develop regulations governing the United States portion of Convention waters, including limited access regulations, applicable to nationals or vessels of the United States, or both, which are in addition to, and not in conflict with regulations adopted by the Commission. Such regulations shall only be implemented with the approval of the Secretary, shall not discriminate between residents of different States, and shall be consistent with the limited entry criteria set forth in section 303 (b)(6) of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act. 16 USC 1853. If it becomes necessary to allocate or assign halibut fishing privileges among various United States fishermen, such allocation shall be fair and equitable to all such fishermen, based upon the rights and obligations in existing Federal law, reasonably calculated to promote conservation, and carried out in such manner that no particular individual, corporation, or other entity acquires an excessive share of the halibut fishing privileges: Provided, That the Regional Council may provide for the rural coastal villages of Alaska the opportunity to establish a commercial halibut fishery in areas in the Bering Sea to the north of 56 degrees north latitude during a 3 year development period.

2. 1996

   Amber Hagerman Child Protection Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–208 div. A title I § 101(a)(tII)(s211)(b) · 110 Stat. 3009

   Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 773c(c)

   Pub. L. 104–208 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 1853(b)(6) of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–208 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 1853(b)(6) of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) For programs, projects or activities in the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997, provided as follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as the regular appropriations Act:

   Effective date note
   Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 211(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–41, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective 15 days after Oct. 11, 1996.

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