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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 25 — Protection of Vessels on the High Seas and in Territorial Waters of Foreign Countries

§ 1974. Inapplicability of chapter to certain seizures

Statutory text

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to a seizure made by a country at war with the United States or a seizure made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable convention or treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to 1 the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the seizing country at the time of the seizure.

Footnotes

  1. 1 So in original. Probably should be “of”.

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. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 4, 68 Stat. 883 · 68 Stat. 883

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 1974

    Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 4, 68 Stat. 883

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 4, 68 Stat. 883

  2. Pub. L. 98–364 title III § 303(b) · 98 Stat. 440

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 1974

    Pub. L. 98–364 substituted “any applicable convention or treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the seizing country at the time of the seizure” for “any fishery convention or treaty to which the United States is a party”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–364 substituted “any applicable convention or treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the seizing country at the time of the seizure” for “any fishery convention or treaty to which the United States is a party”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Section 4 of such Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1974) is amended by striking “any fishery convention or treaty to which the United States is a party.” and inserting in lieu thereof “any applicable convention or treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the seizing country at the time of the seizure.”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 98–364 applicable with respect to seizures made after Apr. 1, 1983, by foreign countries of vessels of the United States, see section 303(c) of Pub. L. 98–364, set out as a note under section 1972 of this title.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1984—Pub. L. 98–364 substituted “any applicable convention or treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the seizing country at the time of the seizure” for “any fishery convention or treaty to which the United States is a party”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–364 applicable with respect to seizures made after , by foreign countries of vessels of the United States, see section 303(c) of Pub. L. 98–364, set out as a note under section 1972 of this title.

Credits

1954–1984 · 2 acts
  1. 1954Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 4, 68 Stat. 883
  2. 1984Pub. L. 98–364, title III, § 303(b), , 98 Stat. 444.
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(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 4, 68 Stat. 883; Pub. L. 98–364, title III, § 303(b), , 98 Stat. 444.)

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