§ 1151. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1151]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
SUBCHAPTER I--FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT
Sec. 1151. Definitions
(a) ``Commission'' means the North Pacific Fur Seal Commission
established pursuant to article V of the Convention.
(b) ``Convention'' means the Interim Convention on the Conservation
of North Pacific Fur Seals signed at Washington on February 9, 1957, as
amended by the protocol signed in Washington on October 8, 1963; by the
exchange of notes among the party governments which became effective on
September 3, 1969; by the protocol signed in Washington on May 7, 1976;
and by the protocol signed in Washington on October 14, 1980, by the
parties.
(c) ``Cure'' or ``curing'' means the performance of those post-
harvest activities traditionally performed on the Pribilof Islands,
including cooling, washing, removal of blubber, soaking in brine,
draining, treating with salt or boric acid, and packing in containers
for shipment of fur seal skins.
(d) ``Fur Seal'' means the North Pacific Fur Seal, Callorhinus
Ursinus.
(e) ``Import'' means to land on, bring into, or introduce into, or
attempt to land on, bring into, or introduce into, any place subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States, whether or not such landing,
bringing, or introduction constitutes an importation within the meaning
of the customs laws of the United States.
(f) ``Natives of the Pribilof Islands'' means any Aleuts who are
permanent residents of the Pribilof Islands, or any organization or
entity representing such natives.
(g) ``North Pacific Ocean'' means the waters of the Pacific Ocean
north of the thirtieth parallel of north latitude, including the Bering,
Okhotsk, and Japan Seas.
(h) ``Party'' or ``parties'' means the United States of America,
Canada, Japan, and Russia (except that as used in subsection (b) of this
section, ``party'' and ``parties'' refer to the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics).
(i) ``Person'' means any individual, partnership, corporation,
trust, association or any other private entity, or any officer,
employee, agent, department, or instrumentality of the Federal
Government, of any State or political subdivision thereof, or of any
foreign government.
(j) ``Pribilof Islands'' means the islands of Saint Paul and Saint
George, Walrus and Otter Islands, and Sea Lion Rock.
(k) ``Sealing'' means the taking of fur seals.
(l) ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Commerce.
(m) ``Take'' or ``taking'' means to harass, hunt, capture, or kill,
or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, or kill.
(Pub. L. 89-702, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091; Pub. L.
98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 835; Pub. L. 102-251, title III,
Sec. 303, Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 65; Pub. L. 103-199, title VI,
Sec. 602(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2327.)
Amendment of Section
Pub. L. 102-251, title III, Secs. 303, 308, Mar. 9, 1992, 106
Stat. 65, 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 (f) to (m) as (g) to (n), respectively,
and by inserting after subsection (e) the following new subsection:
(f) ``Jurisdiction of the United States'' includes jurisdiction over
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, 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.
Amendments
1993--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 103-199 substituted ``Russia (except that
as used in subsection (b) of this section, `party' and `parties' refer
to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)'' for ``the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics''.
1983--Pub. L. 98-129 amended section generally, substituting
provisions defining terms, previously defined in former sections 1159
and 1186 of this title, for provisions enumerating the activities
prohibited under this chapter. See section 1152 of this title.
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 of 2000 Amendments
Pub. L. 106-562, title I, Sec. 101, Dec. 23, 2000, 114 Stat. 2794,
provided that: ``This title [enacting section 1169b of this title,
amending sections 1161, 1165, and 1166 of this title, repealing section
1165 of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this
section and section 1161 of this title, amending provisions set out as a
note under section 1165 of this title, and repealing provisions set out
as a note under section 1165 of this title] may be referred to as the
`Pribilof Islands Transition Act'.''
Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4) [div. B, title I, Sec. 144(e)(1)],
Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-244, provided that: ``This
subsection [enacting section 1169b of this title, amending sections
1161, 1165, and 1166 of this title, repealing section 1165 of this
title, enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and
section 1161 of this title, amending provisions set out as a note under
section 1165 of this title, and repealing provisions set out as a note
under section 1165 of this title] may be referred to as the `Pribilof
Islands Transition Act'.''
Short Title of 1983 Amendment
Section 1 of Pub. L. 98-129 provided: ``That this Act [amending this
chapter generally, sections 8332 and 8334 of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, and section 450i of Title 25, Indians] may
be cited as the `Fur Seal Act Amendments of 1983'.''
Short Title
Pub. L. 89-702, Sec. 1, as added by Pub. L. 106-554, Sec. 1(a)(4)
[div. B, title I, Sec. 144(e)(6)(C)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2763,
2763A-248, and Pub. L. 106-562, title I, Sec. 106(c), Dec. 23, 2000, 114
Stat. 2799, provided that: ``This Act [generally enacting this chapter,
for complete classification, see Tables] may be cited as the `Fur Seal
Act of 1966'.''
