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PUBLIC LAW 92-87-AUG. 11, 1971

[85 STAT.

Public Law 92-87 August 11, 1971 [H. R. 9181]

Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950, amendments. 64 Stat. 1067; 82 Stat. 419. 16 USC 981.

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59. 924. 635. 567,

"International measures of control."

"National measures of control."

Proposals. 16 USC 985.

1 UST 477.

AN ACT To amend the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled., SEC. 101. Subsection (a) of section 2 of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Act of 1950 (hereafter referred to as the "Act") is amended by striking out "and amendments including the 1961 declaration of understanding and the 1963 protocol, as well as the convention signed at Washington under date of February 8, 1949" and inserting in lieu thereof "and any amendments thereto which have entered or may enter into force for the United States including, but not limited to, the 1956 protocol, the 1961 declaration of understanding, the 1963 protocol, and the 1965 protocols". SEC. 102. (a) Section 2(c) of the Act is amended by striking out "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or to the jurisdiction of other parties to the convention with respect to international measures of control in force for such parties". (b) Section 2(e) of the Act is amended by striking out ""subject to the jurisdiction of the United States," and by inserting immediately before the period at the end of such section 2(e) the following: "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or to the jurisdiction of other parties to the convention with respect to international measures of control in force for such parties." SEC. 103. Section 2 of the Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " (i) International measures of control: The-term 'international measures of control'-means any proposal of the Commission which had entered into force with respect to the United States with regard to measures of control on the high seas which may be undertaken for the purposes of insuring the application of the convention and the measures in force thereunder by the United States with respect to persons or vessels of some or all other parties to the convention and by other parties to the convention with respect to persons or vessels of the United States. " (j) National measures of control: The term 'national measures of control' means any proposal of the Commission which has entered into force for the United States with regard to measures of control on the high seas which may be undertaken for the purposes of insuring the application of the convention and the measures in force thereunder by the United States with respect to persons or vessels subject to its jurisdiction, and any other actions which may be undertaken by the United States for the purposes of insuring the application of the ponvention and the measures in force thereunder to persons or vessels subject to its jurisdiction pursuant to the provisions of this Act.". SEC. 104. Subsection (b) of section 6 of the Act is amended to read as follows: "(b) The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to take appropriate action on behalf of the United States with regard to proposals received from the Commission pursuant to article VIII of the convention. The "Secretary of Commerce shall inform the Secretary of State as to what action he considers appropriate within five months of the date on the notification of the p r o p o ^ l by the depositary government, and again, within the first forty days of the additional sixty-day period provided by the

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