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title: "16 U.S.C. § 973l"
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title_number: 16
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# 16 U.S.C. § 973l - Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8422, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1918

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 100–330, § 14, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 599, required the crew of a vessel to allow and assist any observer identified under the Treaty by the Pacific Island Parties.