16 USC § 971k - Savings clause

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s971k"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 971k - Savings clause"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "971k"
section_name: "Savings clause"
chapter_number: 16
chapter_name: "ATLANTIC TUNAS CONVENTION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–70, § 11, formerly § 12, as added Pub. L. 104–43, title III, § 308, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 387; amended Pub. L. 105–384, title II, § 202(b)(1)(E), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3453; renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 114–81, title I, § 107(5), Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 658.)"
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# § 971k. Savings clause

Nothing in this chapter shall have the effect of diminishing the rights and obligations of any Nation under Article VIII(3) of the Convention.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–70, § 11, formerly § 12, as added Pub. L. 104–43, title III, § 308, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 387; amended Pub. L. 105–384, title II, § 202(b)(1)(E), Nov. 13, 1998, 112 Stat. 3453; renumbered § 11, Pub. L. 114–81, title I, § 107(5), Nov. 5, 2015, 129 Stat. 658.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior  was renumbered section 12 and is set out as a Separability note under .

Another prior  was classified to , prior to repeal by , , .

### Amendments

1998— made technical amendment to style of heading and section designation in original act.