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title: "16 U.S.C. § 959"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_name: "TUNA CONVENTIONS"
section: "959"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 959 - Enforcement
## Text
For enforcement of this chapter, see section 1826g of this title.
(Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 10, 64 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 87814, § 5, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 925; Pub. L. 90578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 101650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 11481, title II, § 208, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 663.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments2015—Pub. L. 11481 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to procedures to enforce this chapter. 1962—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87814 substituted provisions for issuance of process for provisions respecting arrest and execution of process, incorporated in subsecs. (c) and (d)(1) of this section. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87814 substituted provisions respecting Federal law enforcement agents for provisions relating to inspections, incorporated in section 956 of this title. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 87814 substituted provisions for execution of process, formerly incorporated in subsec. (a), for provisions respecting the functioning of officers and law enforcement officers, incorporated in subsec. (b) of this section. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 87814 incorporated provisions of former subsec. (a) in par. (1) and added par. (2). Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 87814 added subsecs. (e) and (f).