16 USC § 5701 - Purposes

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s5701"
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title: "16 USC § 5701 - Purposes"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "5701"
section_name: "Purposes"
chapter_number: 77
chapter_name: "YUKON RIVER SALMON"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERIM AGREEMENT"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 702, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 392.)"
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# § 5701. Purposes

It is the purpose of this subchapter—

**(1)** to implement the interim agreement for the conservation of salmon stocks originating from the Yukon River in Canada agreed to through an exchange of notes between the Government of the United States and the Government of Canada on February 3, 1995;

**(2)** to provide for representation by the United States on the Yukon River Panel established under such agreement; and

**(3)** to authorize to be appropriated sums necessary to carry out the responsibilities of the United States under such agreement.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 702, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 392.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Short Title of 2004 Amendment

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### Short Title

> “This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘Yukon River Salmon Act of 1995’.”

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> “This title [enacting subchapter II of this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Yukon River Salmon Act of 2000’.”

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