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[CITE: 16USC1151]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 1151. Definitions

    (a) ``Commission'' means the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission 
established pursuant to article V of the Convention.
    (b) ``Convention'' means the Interim Convention on the Conservation 
of North Pacific Fur Seals signed at Washington on February 9, 1957, as 
amended by the protocol signed in Washington on October 8, 1963; by the 
exchange of notes among the party governments which became effective on 
September 3, 1969; by the protocol signed in Washington on May 7, 1976; 
and by the protocol signed in Washington on October 14, 1980, by the 
parties.
    (c) ``Cure'' or ``curing'' means the performance of those post-
harvest activities traditionally performed on the Pribilof Islands, 
including cooling, washing, removal of blubber, soaking in brine, 
draining, treating with salt or boric acid, and packing in containers 
for shipment of fur seal skins.
    (d) ``Fur Seal'' means the North Pacific Fur Seal, Callorhinus 
Ursinus.
    (e) ``Import'' means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or 
attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to 
the jurisdiction of the United States, whether or not such landing, 
bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning 
of the customs laws of the United States.
    (f) ``Natives of the Pribilof Islands'' means any Aleuts who are 
permanent residents of the Pribilof Islands, or any organization or 
entity representing such natives.
    (g) ``North Pacific Ocean'' means the waters of the Pacific Ocean 
north of the thirtieth parallel of north latitude, including the Bering, 
Okhotsk, and Japan Seas.
    (h) ``Party'' or ``parties'' means the United States of America, 
Canada, Japan, and Russia (except that as used in subsection (b) of this 
section, ``party'' and ``parties'' refer to the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics).
    (i) ``Person'' means any individual, partnership, corporation, 
trust, association or any other private entity, or any officer, 
employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of the Federal 
Government, of any State or political subdivision thereof, or of any 
foreign government.
    (j) ``Pribilof Islands'' means the islands of Saint Paul and Saint 
George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock.
    (k) ``Sealing'' means the taking of fur seals.
    (l) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
    (m) ``Take'' or ``taking'' means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill, 
or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill.

(Pub. L. 89-702, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091; Pub. L. 
98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 835; Pub. L. 102-251, title III, 
Sec. 303, Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 65; Pub. L. 103-199, title VI, 
Sec. 602(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2327.)

                          Amendment of Section

        Pub. L. 102-251, title III, Secs. 303, 308, Mar. 9, 1992, 106 
    Stat. 65, 66, provided that, effective on the date on which the 
    Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet 
    Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990, 
    enters into force for the United States, with authority to prescribe 
    implementing regulations effective Mar. 9, 1992, but with no such 
    regulation to be effective until the date on which the Agreement 
    enters into force for the United States, this section is amended by 
    redesignating subsections (f) to (m) as (g) to (n), respectively, 
    and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:

    (f) ``Jurisdiction of the United States'' includes jurisdiction over 
the areas referred to as eastern special areas in Article 3(1) of the 
Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990; in 
particular, those areas east of the maritime boundary, as defined in 
that Agreement, that lie within 200 nautical miles of the baselines from 
which the breadth of the territorial sea of Russia is measured but 
beyond 200 nautical miles of the baselines from which the breadth of the 
territorial sea of the United States is measured.


                               Amendments

    1993--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103-199 substituted ``Russia (except that 
as used in subsection (b) of this section, `party' and `parties' refer 
to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)'' for ``the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics''.
    1983--Pub. L. 98-129 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions defining terms, previously defined in former sections 1159 
and 1186 of this title, for provisions enumerating the activities 
prohibited under this chapter. See section 1152 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1992 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 102-251 effective on date on which Agreement 
between United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990, enters into force for United 
States, with authority to prescribe implementing regulations effective 
Mar. 9, 1992, but with no such regulation to be effective until date on 
which Agreement enters into force for United States, see section 308 of 
Pub. L. 102-251, set out as a note under section 773 of this title.


                     Short Title of 2000 Amendments

    Pub. L. 106-562, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2794, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting section 1169b of this title, 
amending sections 1161, 1165, and 1166 of this title, repealing section 
1165 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this 
section and section 1161 of this title, amending provisions set out as a 
note under section 1165 of this title, and repealing provisions set out 
as a note under section 1165 of this title] may be referred to as the 
`Pribilof Islands Transition Act'.''
    Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 144(e)(1)], 
Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-244, provided that: ``This 
subsection [enacting section 1169b of this title, amending sections 
1161, 1165, and 1166 of this title, repealing section 1165 of this 
title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and 
section 1161 of this title, amending provisions set out as a note under 
section 1165 of this title, and repealing provisions set out as a note 
under section 1165 of this title] may be referred to as the `Pribilof 
Islands Transition Act'.''


                      Short Title of 1983 Amendment

    Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-129 provided: ``That this Act [amending this 
chapter generally, sections 8332 and 8334 of Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees, and section 450i of Title 25, Indians] may 
be cited as the `Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983'.''


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 89-702, Sec. 1, as added by Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) 
[div. B, title I, Sec. 144(e)(6)(C)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 
2763A-248, and Pub. L. 106-562, title I, Sec. 106(c), Dec. 23, 2000, 114 
Stat. 2799, provided that: ``This Act [generally enacting this chapter, 
for complete classification, see Tables] may be cited as the `Fur Seal 
Act of 1966'.''
