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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 5763 (Introduced in House) — To implement the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels, and for other purposes. · Sec. 203

Sec. 203. Exemption

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It shall not be a violation of this Act for personnel of the Department of Defense to take covered albatrosses and petrels incidental to military activities. This Act shall not apply to vessels and aircraft entitled to sovereign immunity under international law. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Defense, may issue guidance to minimize, to the extent practicable, the take of covered albatrosses and petrels that is incidental to military activities.
Nothing in this section shall be considered to limit the authority of the Coast Guard to enforce this or any other Federal law under section 89 of title 14, United States Code. It shall not be a violation of this Act for the Coast Guard to take any covered albatrosses and petrels incidental to any emergency response or search and rescue activity. Take of any covered albatrosses and petrels is not unlawful if the take was caused by any officer who is authorized by the Secretary, the Secretary of Commerce, or the head of any Federal or State agency that has entered into an agreement with the Secretary or the Secretary of Commerce under section 403, to enforce this Act while performing official duties.
It shall not be a violation of this Act for any person to take covered albatrosses and petrels as bycatch incidental to otherwise lawful fishing activities, if carried out in accordance with applicable measures to minimize the bycatch of covered albatrosses and petrels undertaken pursuant to section 104(c).
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