Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 3631 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 3631 : US Code - Notes

(Pub. L. 99-5, Sec. 2, Mar. 15, 1985, 99 Stat. 7; Pub. L. 102-251,
title III, Sec. 306(a), Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 66; Pub. L. 104-
208, div. A, title I, Sec. 101(a) [title II, Sec. 211(b)], Sept.
30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009-41.)
AMENDMENT OF SECTION
Pub. L. 102-251, title III, Secs. 306(a), 308, Mar. 9, 1992, 106
Stat. 66, provided that, effective on the date on which the
Agreement between the United States and the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990,
enters into force for the United States, with authority to
prescribe implementing regulations effective Mar. 9, 1992, but with
no such regulation to be effective until the date on which the
Agreement enters into force for the United States, this section is
amended by redesignating subsections (h) to (j) as (i) to (k),
respectively, and by inserting after subsection (g) the following
new subsection:
(h) "Special areas" means the areas referred to as eastern
special areas in Article 3(1) of the Agreement between the United
States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on
the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990; in particular, the term
refers to those areas east of the maritime boundary, as defined in
that Agreement, that lie within 200 nautical miles of the baselines
from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Russia is measured
but beyond 200 nautical miles of the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial sea of the United States is measured.
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act,
referred to in subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 94-265, Apr. 13, 1976, 90
Stat. 331, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter
38 (Sec. 1801 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
1801 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1996 - Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted "Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery" for "Magnuson Fishery".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Section 101(a) [title II, Sec. 211(b)] of div. A of Pub. L. 104-
208 provided that the amendment made by that section is effective
15 days after Oct. 11, 1996.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1992 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102-251 effective on date on which Agreement
between United States and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on
the Maritime Boundary, signed June 1, 1990, enters into force for
United States, with authority to prescribe implementing regulations
effective Mar. 9, 1992, but with no such regulation to be effective
until date on which Agreement enters into force for United States,
see section 308 of Pub. L. 102-251, set out as a note under section
773 of this title.
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 99-5 provided: "That this Act [enacting this
chapter and repealing sections 776 to 776f of this title and
provisions set out as notes under section 776 of this title] may be
cited as the 'Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985'."
TERRITORIAL SEA OF UNITED STATES
For extension of territorial sea of United States, see Proc. No.
5928, set out as a note under section 1331 of Title 43, Public
Lands.