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[CITE: 16USC2434]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
        CHAPTER 44A--ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES CONVENTION
 
Sec. 2434. Conservation measures; system of observation and 
        inspection
        

(a) Conservation measures

    (1) The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, is 
authorized--
        (A) to decide on behalf of the United States whether the United 
    States is unable to accept or can no longer accept a conservation 
    measure adopted by the Commission pursuant to article IX of the 
    Convention, and
        (B) to notify the Commission of any such decision in accordance 
    with article IX of the Convention.

    (2) The Secretary of State shall--
        (A) publish in the Federal Register, if practicable, timely 
    notice of each proposed decision under paragraph (1) and invite 
    written public comment regarding it; and
        (B) publish in the Federal Register notice of each notification 
    made to the Commission under paragraph (1).

(b) System of observation and inspection

    The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
Commerce, the Director of the National Science Foundation and the 
Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, is 
authorized to agree on behalf of the United States to the establishment 
of a system of observation and inspection, and to interim arrangements 
pending establishment of such a system, pursuant to article XXIV of the 
Convention.

(c) Communications from the Commission

    The Secretary of State is further authorized to receive, on behalf 
of the United States Government, reports, requests, and other 
communications from the Commission and to take appropriate action on 
them, either directly or by reference to the appropriate authority.

(Pub. L. 98-623, title III, Sec. 305, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3400.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2439 of this title.
