§ 8704. Alien deemed to be employed in the United States

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. 1988

   Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of 1987

   Pub. L. 100–239 § 5(f)(1) · 101 Stat. 1778

   Enacted · 46 U.S.C. § 8704

   Added Pub. L. 100–239, § 5(f)(1), Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat. 1781

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Added Pub. L. 100–239, § 5(f)(1), Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat. 1781

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) Chapter 87 of title 46, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “§ 8704. Alien deemed to be employed in the United States “An alien is deemed to be employed in the United States for purposes of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a) if the alien is an unlicensed individual employed on a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel that— “(1) is a vessel of the United States engaged in the fisheries in the navigable waters of the United States or the exclusive economic zone; and “(2) is not engaged in fishing exclusively for highly migratory species (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1802).”.

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

   Substituted · 46 U.S.C. § 8704(2)

   Pub. L. 104–208 substituted “Magnuson-Stevens Fishery” for “Magnuson Fishery”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Par. (2). Pub. L. 104–208 substituted “Magnuson-Stevens Fishery” for “Magnuson Fishery”.

   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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