Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 744
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U.S. Code as of:
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Section 744 - Notes
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(R.S. Secs. 4396, 4397; Mar. 3, 1887, ch. 362, 24 Stat. 523; June
21, 1916, ch. 160, Secs. 1, 2, 39 Stat. 232; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
II, Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433;
1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108,
54 Stat. 1232; 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24,
1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 62 Stat. 1262; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff.
Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 96-470, title
I, Sec. 101(c), Oct. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 2237.)
CODIFICATION
R.S. Sec. 4396 derived from Res. Feb. 9, 1871, No. 22, Sec. 2, 16
Stat. 594.
R.S. Sec. 4397 derived from Res. Feb. 9, 1871, No. 22, Sec. 3, 16
Stat. 594.
AMENDMENTS
1980 - Pub. L. 96-470 struck out provision requiring a detailed
statement of expenditures under all appropriations for "propagation
of fishes" be submitted annually to Congress at the beginning of
each session.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Commerce, as
appropriate, and Secretary substituted for Director of Fish and
Wildlife Service and Director in view of: creation of National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Department of Commerce
and Office of Administrator of such Administration; abolition of
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in Department of the Interior and
Office of Director of such Bureau; transfers of functions,
including functions formerly vested by law in Secretary of the
Interior or Department of the Interior which were administered
through Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or were primarily related to
such Bureau, exclusive of certain enumerated functions with respect
to Great Lakes fishery research, Missouri River Reservoir research,
Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory, and Trans-Alaska pipeline
investigations; and transfer of marine sport fish program of Bureau
of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff.
Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and
agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to
Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan
No. 3 of 1950, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R.
2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and
Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency in Department of the
Interior to be known as Fish and Wildlife Service. It was further
provided that functions of consolidated agency should be
administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of the
Interior by a director and assistants, and that offices of
Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries and offices of
Chief and Associate Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey should be
abolished and their functions transferred to consolidated agency.
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4
F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce and its
functions, and Bureau of Biological Survey in Department of
Agriculture and its functions, to Department of the Interior, to be
administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of the
Interior.
SURVEY OF MARINE AND FRESH-WATER RESOURCES
Act May 11, 1944, ch. 195, 58 Stat. 220, which expired January 1,
1945, provided for a comprehensive survey of all marine,
fresh-water, and other aquatic resources of the United States, its
Territories, and possessions; and for a report on survey, together
with recommendations to Congress. It also appropriated $20,000 to
carry out the purposes of the act.
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