Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§973n Arbitration
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 16C— - SOUTH PACIFIC TUNA FISHING › § 973n
Summary
If a dispute requires creating an arbitration panel under the Treaty, the Secretary of State, after talking with the Secretary, must pick the United States’ arbitrator and choose where the arbitration will be held. The Secretary of State also speaks for the United States when agreeing with each Pacific Island Party on who will serve as the panel’s presiding arbitrator.
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Title 16, §973n
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In the event of a dispute requiring the establishment of an arbitral tribunal under the Treaty, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, shall appoint the arbitrator to be appointed by the United States under the Treaty, shall determine the location of the arbitration, and shall represent the United States in reaching agreement under the Treaty with each Pacific Island Party involved concerning the appointment of the presiding arbitrator of the tribunal.
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2025—Pub. L. 119–60 struck out “Article 6 of” after “arbitral tribunal under” and substituted “the Treaty, shall determine the location of the arbitration, and shall represent the United States in reaching agreement under the Treaty” for “paragraph 3 of that Article, and shall represent the United States in reaching agreement under such paragraph”.
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16 U.S.C. § 973n
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73