16 USC § 916k - Regulations; submission; publication; effectiveness

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s916k"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 916k - Regulations; submission; publication; effectiveness"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "916k"
section_name: "Regulations; submission; publication; effectiveness"
chapter_number: 14
chapter_name: "REGULATION OF WHALING"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "WHALING CONVENTION ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 13, 64 Stat. 425; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)"
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# § 916k. Regulations; submission; publication; effectiveness

section 916b of this title

Regulations of the Commission approved and effective in accordance with  and article V of the convention shall be submitted for appropriate action or publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary of Commerce and shall become effective with respect to all persons and vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States in accordance with the terms of such regulations and the provisions of article V of the convention.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, § 13, 64 Stat. 425; 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 .