16 U.S.C. § 916b — Acceptance or rejection by United States

Page 1547 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 916d of the President and shall be the principal tech- nical adviser to the United States Commis- sioner, and shall be empowered to perform the duties of the Commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or illness of the Commis- sioner. (c) Compensation The United States Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, although officers of the United States Government, shall receive no compensa- tion for their services. (Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 3, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg. Plan. No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries ALTERNATE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS Secretary of State authorized to designate Alternate United States Commissioners, see sections 2672a and 2672b of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title. § 916b. Acceptance or rejection by United States Government of regulations, etc.; acceptance of reports, recommendations, etc., of Com- mission The Secretary of State is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, to present or withdraw any objections on behalf of the United States Government to such regula- tions or amendments of the schedule to the con- vention as are adopted by the Commission and submitted to the United States Government in accordance with article V of the convention. The Secretary of State is further authorized to receive on behalf of the United States Govern- ment reports, requests, recommendations, and other communications of the Commission, and to act thereon either directly or by reference to the appropriate authority. (Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 4, 64 Stat. 422; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title. § 916c. Unlawful acts (a) Whaling, transporting, or selling violations; records; reports It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (1) to en- gage in whaling in violation of the convention or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Sec- retary of Commerce; (2) to ship, transport, pur- chase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in possession any whale or whale products taken or processed in violation of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Sec- retary of Commerce; (3) to fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish any record or report required of him by the convention, or by any regulation of the Commission, or by any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce, or to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the conven- tion, the regulations of the Commission, this subchapter, and the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce, to inspect such record or report at any reasonable time. (b) Acts of commission or omission It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to do any act prohibited or to fail to do any act required by the convention, or by this sub- chapter, or by any regulation adopted by the Commission, or by any regulation of the Sec- retary of Commerce. (Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 5, 64 Stat. 422; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR SUBSISTENCE WHALE HUNTERS Pub. L. 107–372, title IV, § 403, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3102, provided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding any provision of law, the use of a vessel to tow a whale taken in a tradi- tional subsistence whale hunt permitted by Federal law and conducted in waters off the coast of Alaska is au- thorized, if such towing is performed upon a request for emergency assistance made by a subsistence whale hunting organization formally recognized by an agency of the United States Government, or made by a mem- ber of such an organization, to prevent the loss of a whale.’’ Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title. § 916d. Licenses (a) Issuance No person shall engage in whaling without first having obtained an appropriate license or scientific permit. Such licenses shall be issued by the Secretary of Commerce or such officer of the Department of Commerce as may be des- ignated by him: Provided, That the Secretary, in his discretion and by appropriate regulation, may waive the payment of any license fee or the requirement that a license first be obtained, in connection with the salvage of any ‘‘Dauhval’’ or unclaimed dead whale found floating or stranded. (b) Licenses and fees required The following licenses and fees shall be re- quired for each calendar year or any fraction thereof and shall be nontransferable except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary: (1) Land-station license for primary proc- essing of whales, $250.