---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 973a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "973a"
heading: "Application to other laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/973a"
units:
  - "Chapter 16C — South Pacific Tuna Fishing"
---

# §973a. Application to other laws


The seizure by a [Pacific Island Party](/usc/16/973.md?p=11) of a [vessel](/usc/16/973.md?p=7) of the United States shall not be determined to be a seizure described in [section 1825(a)(4)(C) of this title](/usc/16/1825.md?p=a-4-C) or [section 1972 of title 22](/usc/22/1972.md) if the seizure is found by the Secretary of State to be in accordance with the provisions of the [Treaty](/usc/16/973.md?p=16).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 100–330, § 3, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 592; Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 211(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–41.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Pub. L. 104–208 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 1825(a)(4)(C) of this title.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 211(b)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009, 3009–41, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective 15 days after Oct. 11, 1996.