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of such vessel, including its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, cargo, and 

 stores, or the proceeds from the sale thereof, and remission of mitigation of 

 such forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to 

 have been incurred, under the provisions of this title, insofar as such provisions 

 of law are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions of this title. 



ENFORCEMENT 



Sec. 206. (a) Enforcement of the provisions of this title is the joint responsi- 

 bility of the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, and Transi>orta- 

 tion. In addition, the Secretary of Interior may designate officers and employ- 

 ees of the States or of the United States to enforce the provisions of this title. 

 When so designated, such officers and employees are authorized to function as 

 Federal law enforcement agents for these purposes, but they shall not be held 

 and considered as employees of the United States for the purposes of any laws 

 administered by the Civil Service Commission. 



(b) The judges of the United States district courts and the United States 

 commissioners may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or 

 affirmation, showing probable cause, issue such warrants or other process, in- 

 cluding warrants or other process issued in admiralty proceedings in Federal 

 district courts, as may be required for enforcement of this title and any regula- 

 tions issued thereunder. 



(c) Any person authorized to carry out enforcement activities hereunder 

 shall have the power— 



(1) to execute any warrant or process issued by any officer or court of 

 competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of this title ; 



(2) with or without warrant or other process, to arrest any person 

 committing in his presence or view a violation of this title or the regulations 

 issued thereunder ; 



(3) with or without warant or other process, if he has reasonable cause 

 to believe that a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or 

 any person on board is in violation of any provision of this title or the 

 regulations issued thereunder, to search such vessel and to arrest such 

 person ; 



(4) to seize any vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 

 together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, appurtenances, cargo, and stores, 

 which is used or employed contrary to the provisions of this title or the 

 regulations issued hereunder or which it reasonably appears has been used 

 or employed contrary to the provisions of this title or the regulations issued 

 hereunder ; and 



(5) to seize, whenever and wherever found, all ocean mammals or parts 

 thereof taken or retained in violation of this title or the regulations issued 

 thereunder and ^hall dispose of them in accordance with such regulations. 



Sec. 207. The Secretaries of State, Treasury, Interior, Commerce, and Trans- 

 portation are authorized to issiue such regulations as may be necessary to carry 

 out the provisions of this title. 



Sec. 208. Any i)erson violating the provisions of this title or the regulations 

 issiued thereunder shall on the first offense be fined not more than $5,000 or 

 imprisoned not more than one year, or both ; on conviction of second and sub- 

 sequent offenses, the violator shall be fined not more than $10,000 or jailed for 

 not less than one nor more than three years, or both. 



Sec. 209. Title III (Protection of Sea Otters on the High Seas) of Public 

 Law 89-702 is hereby repealed. 



Title III — Nobth Pacific Fur Seals 



TERMINATION OF NOBTH PACIFIC FTTB SEAL CONVENTION 



iSec. 301. It is the sense of the Congress that the North Pacific Fur Seal 

 Convention, signed on February 9, 1957, should not be continued after its 

 current termination date in 1975, and that the Convention should be permitted 

 to expire in 1976. Furthermore, it is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary 

 of State should immediately (1) notify the other parties to the Convention 

 that the United States does not intend to extend its life beyond 1976; and (2) 

 initiate negotiations with the parties to the Convention and any other inter- 

 ested states for the purposes of obtaining international agreement to ban all 

 killing of North Pacific fur seals both on land and sea. 



