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16 U.S.C. § 666b — Definitions
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The terms “wildlife” and “wildlife resources” as used herein include birds, fishes, mammals, and all other classes of wild animals and all types of aquatic and land vegetation upon which wildlife is dependent.
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The terms “wildlife” and “wildlife resources” as used herein include birds, fishes, mammals, and all other classes of wild animals and all types of aquatic and land vegetation upon which wildlife is dependent.
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**(a) Short title** This Act may be cited as the “Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act”.
**(b) Authorization** For the purpose of recognizing the vital contribution of our wildlife resources to the Nation, the increasing public interest and significance thereof due to expansion of our national economy and other factors, and to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development programs through the effectual and harmonious planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife conservation and rehabilitation for the purposes of this Act in the United States, its Territories and possessions, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized (1) to provide assistance to, and cooperate with, Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations in the development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same from disease or other causes, in minimizing damages from overabundant species, in providing public shooting and fishing areas, including easements across public lands for access thereto, and in carrying out other measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act; (2) to make surveys and investigations of the wildlife of the public domain, including lands and waters or interests therein acquired or controlled by any agency of the United States; and (3) to accept donations of land and contributions of funds in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
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**(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) 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 resp
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 666a
1 So in original.
Act, and the employment in the city of Wash-
ington and elsewhere of such persons and means
as the Secretary of the Interior may deem nec-
essary for such purposes.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 6, 48 Stat. 402; Aug. 14,
1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 10, 1934, ch.
55, 48 Stat. 401, known as the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, which is classified generally to sections 661
to 666c–1 of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see section 661(a) of this title,
Short Title note set out under section 661 of this title,
and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1946—Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to
provide for the necessary appropriations to carry out
the purposes of sections 661 to 666c of this title.
§ 666a. Penalties
Any person who shall violate any rule or regu-
lation promulgated in accordance with this Act
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined not more than $500
or imprisoned for not more than one year, or
both.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 7, as added Aug. 14, 1946,
ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1082.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is act Mar. 10, 1934, ch.
55, 48 Stat. 401, known as the Fish and Wildlife Coordi-
nation Act, which is classified generally to sections 661
to 666c–1 of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see section 661(a) of this title,
Short Title note set out under section 661 of this title,
and Tables.
§ 666b. Definitions
The terms ‘‘wildlife’’ and ‘‘wildlife resources’’
as used herein include birds, fishes, mammals,
and all other classes of wild animals and all
types of aq
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