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 98 STAT. 3400

13 UST 2312.

PUBLIC LAW 98-623—NOV. 8, 1984 unless the vessel has been granted the nationality of a foreign nation in accordance with Article 5 of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas; and (C) a vessel that was once documented under the laws of the United States and, in violation of the laws of the United States, was either sold to a person not a citizen of the United States or placed under foreign registry or a foreign flag, whether or not the vessel has been granted the nationality of a foreign nation in accordance with Article 5 of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas. (11) VESSEL SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED

STATES.—The term "vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" includes a vessel without nationality or a vessel assimilated to a vessel without nationality, in accordance with paragraph (2) of Article 6 of the 1958 Convention on the High Seas. 16 USC 2433.

SEC. 304. REPRESENTATIVES. (a) REPRESENTATIVE TO THE COMMISSION.—The Secretary of State,

with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, shall appoint an officer or employee of the United States as the United States representative to the Commission. (b) REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE.—The Secretary

of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall designate the United States representative to the Scientific Committee. (c) COMPENSATION.—The United States representatives to the Commission and the Scientific Committee shall receive no additional compensation by reason of their services as such representatives. 16 USC 2434.

Federal Register, publication.

SEC. 305. CONSERVATION MEASURES; SYSTEM OF OBSERVATION AND INSPECTION.

(a) CONSERVATION MEASURES.—(1) The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the National Science Foundation, is authorized— (A) to decide on behalf of the United States whether the United States is unable to accept or can no longer accept a conservation measure adopted by the Commission pursuant to article IX of the Convention, and (B) to notify the Commission of any such decision in accordance with article IX of the Convention. (2) The Secretary of State shall— (A) publish in the Federal Register, if practicable, timely notice of each proposed decision under paragraph (1) and invite written public comment regarding it; and (B) publish in the Federal Register notice of each notification made to the Commission under paragraph (1). (b) SYSTEM OF OBSERVATION AND INSPECTION.—The Secretary of

State, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, is authorized to agree on behalf of the United States to the establishment of a system of observation and inspection, and to interim arrangements pending establishment of such a system, pursuant to article XXIV of the Convention.

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