16 USC § 959 - Enforcement

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s959"
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title: "16 USC § 959 - Enforcement"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "959"
section_name: "Enforcement"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "TUNA CONVENTIONS"
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last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 10, 64 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 87–814, § 5, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 925; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 114–81, title II, § 208, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 663.)"
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# § 959. Enforcement

section 1826g of this title

For enforcement of this chapter, see .

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 10, 64 Stat. 779; Pub. L. 87–814, § 5, Oct. 15, 1962, 76 Stat. 925; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, § 402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, § 321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat. 5117; Pub. L. 114–81, title II, § 208, Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 663.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2015— amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section related to procedures to enforce this chapter.

1962—Subsec. (a).  substituted provisions for issuance of process for provisions respecting arrest and execution of process, incorporated in subsecs. (c) and (d)(1) of this section.

Subsec. (b).  substituted provisions respecting Federal law enforcement agents for provisions relating to inspections, incorporated in .

Subsec. (c).  substituted provisions for execution of process, formerly incorporated in subsec. (a), for provisions respecting the functioning of officers and law enforcement officers, incorporated in subsec. (b) of this section.

Subsec. (d).  incorporated provisions of former subsec. (a) in par. (1) and added par. (2).

Subsecs. (e), (f).  added subsecs. (e) and (f).