2012 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 25 - PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES (§§ 1971 - 1980b)
Section 1980b - Sanctions for imposition of conditions on U.S. fishing vessel found inconsistent with international law
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 25 - PROTECTION OF VESSELS ON THE HIGH SEAS AND IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES Sec. 1980b - Sanctions for imposition of conditions on U.S. fishing vessel found inconsistent with international law |
| Contains | section 1980b |
| Date | 2012 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, §12, as added Pub. L. 104-43, title IV, §402(b), Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 390. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 109 Stat. 390 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-43 |
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If the Secretary of State finds that the government of any nation imposes conditions on the operation or transit of United States fishing vessels which the United States regards as being inconsistent with international law or an international agreement, the Secretary of State shall certify that fact to the President.
(b) SanctionsUpon receipt of a certification under subsection (a) of this section, the President shall direct the heads of Federal agencies to impose similar conditions on the operation or transit of fishing vessels registered under the laws of the nation which has imposed conditions on United States fishing vessels.
(c) “Fishing vessel” definedFor the purposes of this section, the term “fishing vessel” has the meaning given that term in section 2101(11a) of title 46.
(d) Sanctions commensurate with conditions certifiedIt is the sense of the Congress that any action taken by any Federal agency under subsection (b) of this section should be commensurate with any conditions certified by the Secretary of State under subsection (a) of this section.
(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, §12, as added Pub. L. 104–43, title IV, §402(b), Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 390.)
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