16 U.S.C. § 7405
Inspections
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 7405, Inspections, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/448287
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The Secretary, and the Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating, shall conduct foreign vessel inspections in ports subject to the jurisdiction of the United States as necessary to achieve the purposes of the Agreement and this chapter. If, following an inspection, the Secretary has reasonable grounds to believe that a foreign vessel has engaged in IUU fishing or fishing-related activities in support of such fishing, the Secretary may take enforcement action under this chapter or other applicable law, and shall deny the vessel the use of port services, in accordance with section 7404 of this title.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally