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1 U.S.C. § 6 — Limitation of term "products of American fisheries"

Section 6 restricts the statutory term "products of American fisheries" so that it does not embrace fish or fish products taken under foreign fishing licenses except in narrowly specified circumstances.

Citation: 1 U.S.C. § 6Jurisdiction: United StatesEffective: 1947-07-30

Text

1 U.S.C. § 6

Codified text.

Wherever, in the statutes of the United States or in the rulings, regulations, or interpretations of various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States there appears or may appear the term "products of American fisheries" said term shall not include fresh or frozen fish fillets, fresh or frozen fish steaks, or fresh or frozen slices of fish substantially free of bone (including any of the foregoing divided into sections), produced in a foreign country or its territorial waters, in whole or in part with the use of the labor of persons who are not residents of the United States.

Editorial commentary — not part of the primary text.

Editorial note. Source credits are preserved as editorial metadata derived from the official Office of the Law Revision Counsel publication.

Editorial note. July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634.

Revision history

  • 1947-07-30Enacted as part of Title 1 (act of July 30, 1947, ch. 388, 61 Stat. 634).
Canonical source: Office of the Law Revision Counsel, United States Code (https://uscode.house.gov).
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