2017 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 44A - Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention
Sec. 2442 - Relationship to existing treaties and statutes
| 16 U.S.C. § 2442 (2017) |
| §2442. Relationship to existing treaties and statutes |
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(a) In general
Nothing in this chapter 1 shall be construed as contravening or superseding (1) the provisions of any international treaty, convention, or agreement, if such treaty, convention or agreement is in force with respect to the United States on Nov. 8, 1984, or (2) the provisions of any statute which implements any such treaty, convention, or agreement. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as contravening or superseding the provisions of any statute enacted before Nov. 8, 1984, which may otherwise apply to Antarctic marine living resources. (b) Application of more restrictive provisionsNothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the application of provisions of the Convention, conservation measures adopted by the Commission pursuant to article IX of the Convention, or regulations promulgated under this chapter, which are more restrictive than the provisions of, measures adopted under, or regulations promulgated under, the treaties or statutes described in subsection (a). |
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(Pub. L. 98–623, title III, §313, Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3406.) |
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CODIFICATION
This chapter, the first time it appears in subsec. (a), was in the original "this Act" and was translated as reading "this title", as the probable intent of Congress. |
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1 See Codification note below. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
| Y 1.2/5: |
| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 44A - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES CONVENTION Sec. 2442 - Relationship to existing treaties and statutes |
| section 2442 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
| No |
| standard |
| 98 Stat. 3406 |
| Public Law 98-623 |
