22 U.S.C. § 1974
Inapplicability of chapter to certain seizures
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to a seizure made by a country at war with the United States or a seizure made in accordance with the provisions of any applicable convention or treaty, if that treaty or convention was made with advice and consent to 11 So in original. Probably should be “of”. the Senate and was in force and effect for the United States and the seizing country at the time of the seizure.
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. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- An act to authorize appropriations to carry out the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, for fiscal years 1985 through 1988, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally