Opinion ID: 367140
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: IPSFC's Emergency Order.

Text: 39 Article VI of the convention excludes emergency orders required to carry out the provisions of the Convention from the need for approval by the two countries. The Commission issued an emergency order on June 27, after the partial approval of its regulations by the United States, stating that its June 1 regulations applied to all citizens without exception. Decker argues that the United States has usurped the IPSFC's power in violation of the treaty by continuing to exempt treaty Indians from its regulations and subjecting them instead to regulations of the Department of the Interior. 40 This argument has no effect on appellants' convictions. Even if the IPSFC's June 27 pronouncement could properly be characterized as a valid emergency order, 16 its only effect would have been to apply the IPSFC regulations to all, including the appellants. Since they were fishing on the extra day allowed for Indians under the Interior Department system, they were still in violation of Commission regulations and, as such, were properly convicted under 16 U.S.C. § 776a. 41