---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 973l"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "973l"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8422, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1918"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/973l"
units:
  - "Chapter 16C — South Pacific Tuna Fishing"
---

# [§973l. Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. H, title LXXXIV, § 8422, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1918 — repealed]



## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 100–330, § 14, June 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 599, required the crew of a vessel to allow and assist any observer identified under the Treaty by the Pacific Island Parties.