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missioners not more than five members of the ad- 

 visory committee, designated by the committee, shall 

 be paid for their actual transportation expenses and 

 per diem incident to attendance at meetings of the 

 Commission or a panel thereof. The Secretary of 

 State shall submit an annual report to the Congress 

 of the costs incurred in reimbursing travel and per 

 diem expenses of members of the advisory commit- 

 tee pursuant to this subjection. (As amended July 10, 

 1074, Pub. L. 93-339, § 1 (b) , (c) , (g) , 88 Stat. 293.) 

 Amendments 



1974_Sub3ec. (a). Pub. L. 93-339, § 1(b), substituted 

 "under regulation by the Commission" for "of the con- 

 vention area". 



Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-339, §l(c), (g), substituted 

 "shall be paid" for "may be paid" and added requirement 

 that the Secretary of State submit an annual report to the 

 Congress of the costs Incurred In reimbursing travel and 

 per diem expenses of members of the advisory committee. 



§984. Commissioners and Alternate Commissioners; 

 service as special government employees. 



Service of an individual as a United States Com- 

 missioner or Alternate United States Commissioner 

 appointed pursuant to section 982(a) of this title, 

 or as a member of the advisory committee appointed 

 pursuant to section 983(a) of this title, shall be 

 deemed service as a special Government employee of 

 the United States, as defined in section 202 of Title 

 18. (As amended Aug. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 92-87, § lU 

 (c), 85 Stat. 313.) 



Amendments 



1971 — Pub. L. 92-87 amended section to conform the 

 concept of service of Commissioner or Alternate Commis- 

 sioner as a special government employee of the United 

 States to such service as defined In section 202 of Title 18. 



§985. Secretary of State to act for United States; 

 regulations. 



(a) The Secretary of State is authorized to re- 

 ceive, on behalf of the Government 6f the United 

 States, reports, requests, recommendations, and 

 other communications of the Commission, and to act 

 thereon directly or by reference to the appropriate 

 authorities. 



(b) The Secretary of State, with the concurrence 

 of the Secretary of Commerce, is authorized to take 

 appropriate action on behalf of the United States 

 with regard to proposals received from the Commis- 

 sion pursuant to article vn of the convention. The 

 Secretary of Commerce shall inform the Secretary 

 of State as to what action he considers appropriate 

 within five months of the date on the notification 

 of the proposal by the depositary government, and 

 again within the first forty days of the additional 

 sixty-day period provided by the convention if a 

 rejection is presented by another party to the con- 

 vention, or within twenty days after receipt of a 

 rejection received within the additional sixty-day 

 period, whichever date shall be the later. The Secre- 

 tary of the Department in which the United States 

 Coast Guard is operating shall similarly inform the 

 Secretary of State as to whether he considers that 

 any such proposal relating to international measures 

 of control or national measures of control should be 

 rejected. 



(c) In the event that a proposal of the Commission 

 does not come into effect because of a number of 

 objections in accordance with the provisions of i>ara- 

 graph 7 of article vm of the convention, the Secre- 

 tary of State, with the concurrence of the Secretary 

 of Commerce and the Secretary of the Department 

 in which the Coast Guard is operating, may .lever- 

 theless assent to giving effect to it on an agreed date 

 by agreement with one or more of the parties to the 

 convention, as provided for in that paragraph. (As 

 amended Aug. 11, 1971, Pub. L. 92-87, §§ 104, 105, 85 

 Stat. 310, 311.) 



Amendments 



1971— Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-87, §104, substituted 

 provisions empowering the Secretary of State to take 

 appropriate action with the concurrence of the Secretary 

 of Commerce, with regard to proposals received from the 

 Commission, and requiring the Secretary of Commerce 

 to inform the Secretary of State as to what action he 

 considers appropriate within specified time limits, and 

 requiring the Secretary of the Department in which the 

 Coast Guard is operating to similarly inform the Secretary 

 of State as to whether he considers that any such proposal 

 relating to International measures of control or national 

 measures of control should be rejected for provisions 

 empowering the Secretary of State, to accept or reject 

 proposals received from the Commission with the con- 

 currence of the Secretary of the Interior. 



Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 92-87, § 105, added subsec. (c). 



§ 98fi. Administration and enforcement of chapter. 



(a) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and 

 directed to administer and enforce all of the provi- 

 sions of the convention, this chapter, and regulations 

 issued pursuant thereto, except to the extent other- 

 wise provided for in this chapter. In carrying out 

 such functions he is authorized and directed to adopt 

 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 

 the purposes and objectives of the convention and 

 this chapter, and, with the concurrence of the Sec- 

 retary of State, he may cooperate with the duly 

 authorized officials of the Government of any party 

 to the convention. 



(b) Enforcement activities imder the provisions of 

 this chapter relating to vessels engaged in fishing 

 and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States 

 shall be primarily the responsibility of the Secre- 

 tary of the Department in which the Coast Guard 

 is operating, in cooperation with the Secretary of 

 Commerce. The Secretary of the Department in 

 which the Coast Guard is operating, with the con- 

 currence of the Secretary of Commerce, is author- 

 ized and directed to adopt such regulations as may 

 be necessary to provide for national measures of 

 control, and with the concurrence of the Secretary 

 of Commerce and the Secretary of State, for inter- 

 national measures of control and to cooperate with 

 the duly authorized enforcement officials of the Gov- 

 ernment of any party to the convention. 



(c) The Secretary of Commerce may designate 

 officers of the States of the United States to enforce 

 the provisions of the convention, or of this chapter, 

 or of the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce. 

 When so designated such officers are authorized to 

 function as Federal law-enforcement officers for the 

 purposes of this chapter. 



(d) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, 

 the duly authorized officials of any party to the 

 convention shall have the same powers as Federal 



