8 U.S.C. 1324aAn alien is deemed to be employed in the United States for purposes of section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act () if the alien is an unlicensed individual employed on a fishing, fish processing, or fish tender vessel that—
is a vessel of the United States engaged in the fisheries in the navigable waters of the United States or the exclusive economic zone; and
16 U.S.C. 1802 is not engaged in fishing exclusively for highly migratory species (as that term is defined in section 3 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act ().
Pub. L. 100–239, § 5(f)(1)101 Stat. 1781Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 211(b)]110 Stat. 3009(Added , , ; amended , , , 3009–41.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 104–2081996—Par. (2). substituted “Magnuson-Stevens Fishery” for “Magnuson Fishery”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(a) [title II, § 211(b)]110 Stat. 3009, , , 3009–41, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective 15 days after .
Construction
Pub. L. 100–239, § 5(f)(3)101 Stat. 1781
section 8704 of title 468 U.S.C. 1324a(i)“With respect to an alien who is deemed to be employed in the United States under , United States Code (as amended by this subsection), the term ‘date of the enactment of this section’ [translated as “”] as used in section 274A(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [former ] means the date 180 days after the enactment of this section [].”
, , , provided that: