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[CITE: 16USC973b]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                 CHAPTER 16C--SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA FISHING
 
Sec. 973b. Regulations

    The Secretary of Commerce, with the concurrence of the Secretary of 
State and after consultation with the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating, shall issue regulations as may be 
necessary to carry out the purposes and objectives of the Treaty and 
this chapter. These regulations shall be made applicable as necessary to 
all persons and vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States, wherever located.

(Pub. L. 100-330, Sec. 4, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 592.)


                             Effective Date

    Authority to promulgate regulations effective on June 7, 1988, with 
any such regulation not to be effective before date on which Treaty 
enters into force for the United States, see section 21 of Pub. L. 100-
330, set out as an Effective Date note under section 973 of this title.
