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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 14A — Whale Conservation and Protection

§ 917c. Negotiations with Mexico and Canada

Statutory text

The Secretary of Commerce, through the Secretary of State, shall immediately initiate negotiations for the purpose of developing appropriate bilateral agreements with Mexico and Canada for the protection and conservation of whales.

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. Pub. L. 94–532 § 5 · 90 Stat. 2491

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 917c

    (Pub. L. 94–532, § 5, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2492.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 94–532, § 5, Oct. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 2492.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 5. international negotiations The Secretary of Commerce, through the Secretary of State, shall immediately initiate negotiations for the purpose of developing appropriate bilateral agreements with Mexico and Canada for the protection and conservation of whales.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 94–532, § 5, , 90 Stat. 2492.)

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