PUBLIC LAW 105-42—AUG. 15, 1997 111 STAT. 1139 "(1) to require, to the maximum extent practicable, that sea turtles and other threatened species and endangered species are released alive; "(2) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the harvest of nontarget species; "(3) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality of nontarget species; and "(4) to reduce, to the maximum extent practicable, the mortality ofjuveniles of the target species.". SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATES. 16 USC 1362 (a) AMENDMENTS TO TAKE EFFECT WHEN IDCP IN FORCE. — ^°^' Sections 3 through 7 of this Act (except for section 304 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 as added by section 6 of this Act) shall become effective upon— (1) certification by the Secretary of Commerce that— (A) sufficient funding is available to complete the first year of the study required under section 304(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as so added; and (B) the study has commenced; and (2) certification by the Secretary of State to Congress that a binding resolution of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission or other legally binding instrument establishing the International Dolphin Conservation Program has been adopted and is in force. (b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE.— Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary of Commerce may issue regulations under— (1) subsection (f)(2) of the Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act (16 U.S.C. 1385(f)(2)), as added by section 5(b) of this Act; (2) section 303(a) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1413(a)), as added by section 6(c) of this Act, at any time after the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 15, 1997. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 408 (S. 39): HOUSE REPORTS: No. 105-74, Pt. 1 (Comm. on Resources) and Pt. 2 (Comm. on CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 143 (1997): May 21, considered and passed House. July 30, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 39. July 31, House concurred in Senate amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 33 (1997): Aug. 15, Presidential statement.
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