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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 99 — Maritime Security and Fisheries Enforcement

§ 8018. Capacity building in foreign fisheries

Statutory text

The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall develop and carry out with partner governments and civil society—

(1)

multi-year international environmental cooperation agreements and projects; and

(2)

multi-year capacity-building projects for implementing measures to address illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, fraud, forced labor, bycatch, and other conservation measures.

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. Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022

    Pub. L. 117–263 div. K title CXIII § 11339(a) · 136 Stat. 2395

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 8018

    (Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXIII, § 11339(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4105.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXIII, § 11339(a), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 4105.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) In General.— The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall develop and carry out with partner governments and civil society— (1) multi-year international environmental cooperation agreements and projects; and (2) multi-year capacity-building projects for implementing measures to address illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, fraud, forced labor, bycatch, and other conservation measures.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Don Young Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2022 and also as part of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, and not as part of the Maritime Security and Fisheries Enforcement Act or the Maritime SAFE Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions

For definitions of terms used in this section, see section 11329 of div. K of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 1885a of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 117–263, div. K, title CXIII, § 11339(a), , 136 Stat. 4105.)

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