2011 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 99 - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION (§§ 9101 - 9168)
Subchapter IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 9161 - 9168)
Section 9161 - Law of the Sea Treaty

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 99 - OCEAN THERMAL ENERGY CONVERSION
SUBCHAPTER IV - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 9161 - Law of the Sea Treaty
Containssection 9161
Date2011
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 3, 2012
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 96-320, title IV, §401, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 998.
Statutes at Large References94 Stat. 998, 974
Public Law ReferencesPublic Law 96-320

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42 USC § 9161 (2011)
§9161. Law of the Sea Treaty

If the United States ratifies a treaty, which includes provisions with respect to jurisdiction over ocean thermal energy conversion activities, resulting from any United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, the Administrator, after consultation with the Secretary of State, shall promulgate any amendment to the regulations promulgated under this chapter which is necessary and appropriate to conform such regulations to the provisions of such treaty, in anticipation of the date when such treaty shall come into force and effect for, or otherwise be applicable to, the United States.

(Pub. L. 96–320, title IV, §401, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 998.)

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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 96–320, Aug. 3, 1980, 94 Stat. 974, known as the Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 9101 of this title and Tables.

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