Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Par. (2). Puspan. L. 104–208 substituted “Magnuson-Stevens Fishery” for “Magnuson Fishery”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Puspan. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 211(span)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–41, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective 15 days after Oct. 11, 1996.
Construction
Puspan. L. 100–239, § 5(f)(3), Jan. 11, 1988, 101 Stat. 1781, provided that:
“With respect to an alien who is deemed to be employed in the United States under section 8704 of title 46, United States Code (as amended by this subsection), the term ‘date of the enactment of this section’ [translated as “November 6, 1986”] as used in section 274A(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [former 8 U.S.C. 1324a(i)] means the date 180 days after the enactment of this section [Jan. 11, 1988].”