Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/22/1978
Timestamp: 2015-07-29 20:03:18
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§ 402', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 509', '§ 8', '§ 321', '§ 201', '§ 1002', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 201', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 2', '§ 631']

Certification to President (1)
In administering this subsection, the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, as appropriate, shall—
Upon receipt of any certification made under paragraph (1) or (2), the President may direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the bringing or the importation into the United States of any products from the offending country for any duration as the President determines appropriate and to the extent that such prohibition is sanctioned by the World Trade Organization (as defined in section 3501
(8) of title 19) or the multilateral trade agreements (as defined in section 3501
(4) of title 19).
Notification to Congress Within sixty days following certification by the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, the President shall notify the Congress of any action taken by him pursuant to such certification. In the event the President fails to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit the importation of fish products or wildlife products of the offending country, or if such prohibition does not cover all fish products or wildlife products of the offending country, the President shall inform the Congress of the reasons therefor.
Importation of fish products from offending country prohibited It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States knowingly to bring or import into, or cause to be imported into, the United States any products prohibited by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to this section.
Periodic review by Secretary of Commerce or Secretary of the Interior; termination of certification; notice After making a certification to the President under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce or the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, shall periodically review the activities of the nationals of the offending country to determine if the reasons for which the certification was made no longer prevail. Upon determining that such reasons no longer prevail, the Secretary concerned shall terminate the certification and publish notice thereof, together with a statement of the facts on which such determination is based, in the Federal Register.
Penalties; forfeiture; customs laws (1)
Regulations The Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the Secretary of the Interior are each authorized to prescribe such regulations as he determines necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.
The term “taking”, as used with respect to animals to which an international program for endangered or threatened species applies, means to—
(Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1018, § 8, as added Pub. L. 92–219, Dec. 23, 1971, 85 Stat. 786; amended Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2),Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; Pub. L. 95–376, § 2,Sept. 18, 1978, 92 Stat. 714; Pub. L. 96–61, § 3(b),Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 408; Pub. L. 96–88, title V, § 509(b),Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 695; Pub. L. 100–711, § 8,Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4772; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321,Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 102–582, title II, § 201,Nov. 2, 1992, 106 Stat. 4904; Pub. L. 106–36, title I, § 1002(d),June 25, 1999, 113 Stat. 133.)
1999—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106–36substituted “World Trade Organization (as defined in section 3501
1992—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(a)(1), substituted “any products from the offending country for any duration” for “fish products (if the certification is made under paragraph (1)) or wildlife products (if the certification is made under paragraph (2)) from the offending country for such duration”.
Subsecs. (c), (e)(2). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(a)(2), (3), substituted “products” for “fish products or wildlife products”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(a)(4), substituted “products” for “fish products and wildlife products” in pars. (1) and (5) and “Products” for “Fish products and wildlife products” in par. (5).
Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(1), amended par. (2) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: “The term ‘United States’, when used in a geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.”
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(2), inserted “bilateral or” before “multilateral” and “, including marine mammals” before period at end.
Subsec. (h)(4). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(3), (4), redesignated par. (5) as (4) and struck out former par. (4) which read as follows: “The term ‘fish products’ means any aquatic species (including marine mammals and plants) and all products thereof exported from an offending country, whether or not taken by fishing vessels of such country, or packed, processed, or otherwise prepared for export in such country or within the jurisdiction thereof.”
Subsec. (h)(5). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(5), amended par. (5) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (5) read as follows: “The term ‘taking’ means—
Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(4), redesignated par. (7) as (5). Former par. (5) redesignated (4).
Subsec. (h)(6). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(3), struck out par. (6) which read as follows: “The term ‘wildlife products’ means fish (other than those to which paragraph (4) applies) and wild animals, and parts (including eggs) thereof, taken within an offending country and all products of any such fish and wild animals, or parts thereof, whether or not such products are packed, processed, or otherwise prepared for export in such country or within the jurisdiction thereof. Such term does not include any wild animal or fish if brought or imported into the United States for scientific research.”
Subsec. (h)(7). Pub. L. 102–582, § 201(b)(4), redesignated par. (7) as (5).
1988—Subsec. (h)(4). Pub. L. 100–711amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows: “The term ‘fish products’ means fish and marine mammals and all products thereof taken by fishing vessels of an offending country whether or not packed, processed, or otherwise prepared for export in such country or within the jurisdiction thereof.”
1979—Subsec. (a)(3), (4). Pub. L. 96–61, § 3(b)(1), added par. (3) and redesignated former par. (3) as (4).
Subsecs. (d) to (h). Pub. L. 96–61, § 3(b)(2), (3), added subsec. (d) and redesignated subsecs. (d) to (g) as (e) to (h), respectively.
1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(1), designated existing provisions as par. (1), struck out a provision enabling the President, upon receipt of certification, to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to prohibit importation of fish products of the offending country for as long as he determines appropriate and to the extent such prohibition is sanctioned by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and added pars. (2) and (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(2), inserted “or the Secretary of the Interior” after “Secretary of Commerce” and inserted “or wildlife products” after “fish products” in two places.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(3), inserted “or wildlife products” after “fish products”.
Subsecs. (d)(2), (e)(1). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(4), (5)(A), inserted “and wildlife products” after “fish products”.
Subsec. (e)(4)(B). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(5)(B), inserted “or other conveyance” after “vessel” wherever appearing.
Subsec. (e)(5). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(5)(A), (C), inserted “and wildlife products” after “all fish products”, and substituted “Fish products and wildlife products” for “Any fish products”.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(6), inserted references to the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of the Interior.
Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(7)(A), (B), substituted “in effect” for “in force”, and “which is in force with respect to the United States” for “to which the United States is a signatory party”.
Subsec. (g)(5) to (7). Pub. L. 95–376, § 2(7)(C), added pars. (5) to (7).
“United States magistrate judges” substituted for “United States magistrates” in subsec. (f)(2) pursuant to section 321 ofPub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. Previously “United States magistrates” substituted for “United States commissioners” pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§ 631 et seq.) of Title 28.
“Secretary of Health and Human Services” substituted for “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” in subsec. (f)(5) pursuant to section 509(b) ofPub. L. 96–88, which is classified to section 3508