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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 742b. United States Fish and Wildlife Service
(a) Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife
There is established within the Department of the Interior the
position of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife. Such
Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall be compensated
at the same rate as other Assistant Secretaries.
(b) Establishment; Director of United States Fish and Wildlife
Service; appointment; qualifications
There is established within the Department of the Interior the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The functions of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be administered under
the supervision of the Director, who shall be subject to the
supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife. The
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall be
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate. No individual may be appointed as the Director unless
he is, by reason of scientific education and experience,
knowledgeable in the principles of fisheries and wildlife
management.
(c) Succession to United States Fish and Wildlife Service and
Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by
subsection (b) of this section shall succeed to and replace the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service (as constituted on June 30,
1974) and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (as
constituted on such date). All laws and regulations in effect on
June 30, 1974, which relate to matters administered by the
Department of the Interior through the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service (as constituted on such date) and the Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife (as constituted on such date) shall
remain in effect.
(d) Functions and responsibilities of Secretary of the Interior
All functions and responsibilities placed in the Department of
the Interior or any official thereof by this Act shall be included
among the functions and responsibilities of the Secretary of the
Interior, as the head of the Department, and shall be carried out
under his direction pursuant to such procedures or delegations of
authority as he may deem advisable and in the public interest.
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