Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§1204 Compacts
Title 16 › CHAPTER 25 — JELLYFISH OR SEA NETTLES, OTHER SUCH PESTS, AND SEAWEED IN COASTAL WATERS: CONTROL OR ELIMINATION › § 1204
Summary
Congress allows two or more states to make an agreement to run a program that researches, studies, investigates, and controls jellyfish and similar pests in the coastal waters of the United States. Congress also keeps the right to change or cancel this permission or the law that gives it.
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Title 16, §1204
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The Congress consents to any compact or agreement between any two or more States for the purpose of carrying out a program of research, study, investigation, and control of jellyfish and other such pests in the coastal waters of the United States. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section or the consent granted herein is expressly reserved.
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16 U.S.C. § 1204
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102