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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · H.R. 9538 (Introduced in House) — To amend the South Pacific Tuna Act (16 U.S.C. 973 et seq.). · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Prohibited acts

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Section 5(a) ( 16 U.S.C. 973c ) is amended by— striking Except as provided in section 973d of this title, it at the beginning of section 5(a), and inserting in its place: It ; striking paragraphs
(3)and (4); redesignating existing paragraphs
(5)through
(13)as paragraphs
(3)through (11), respectively; inserting , except in accordance with an agreement pursuant to the Treaty after Closed Area at the end of paragraph (3), as so redesignated; striking or at the end of paragraph (10), as so redesignated; striking . at the end of paragraph (11), as so resdesignated, and inserting in its place ; ; and inserting after paragraph (11), as so redesignated, the following new paragraphs— to violate any of the regional terms and conditions; or to violate any limit on authorized fishing effort or catch. . Section 5(b) ( 16 U.S.C. 973c ) is amended by— striking Except as provided in section 973d of this title, it at the beginning of section 5(b), and inserting in its place: It ; striking paragraph (5); and redesignating existing paragraphs
(6)and
(7)as paragraphs
(5)and (6), respectively.
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