16 U.S.C. § 750 — Station on Mississippi River for rescue of

Page 1317 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 751 For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Transfer and consolidation of bureaus and functions, see note set out under section 742 of this title. § 746a. Operation and maintenance fees for the M/V Tiglax and other vessels On and after October 21, 1998, pursuant to sec- tion 9701 of title 31 and notwithstanding section 3302 of title 31, the Secretary shall charge rea- sonable fees for the full costs of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in operating and maintain- ing the M/V Tiglax and other vessels, to be cred- ited to this account and to be available until ex- pended. (Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(e) [title I], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–231, 2681–236.) § 747. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, acts Mar. 28, 1922, ch. 117, title I, 42 Stat. 484; Jan. 5, 1923, ch. 24, title I, 42 Stat. 1125; May 28, 1924, ch. 204, title III, 43 Stat. 238; Feb. 27, 1925, ch. 364, title III, 43 Stat. 1047, which related to the commutation of ra- tions of officers and crews on vessels, was provision of an appropriation act which was confined to specific ap- propriations. § 748. Expenditure of appropriations for propaga- tion of food fishes Appropriations for propagation of food fishes shall not be expended for hatching or planting fish or eggs in any State in which, in the judg- ment of the Secretary of the Interior, there are not adequate laws for the protection of the fishes, nor in any State in which the United States Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service and his duly authorized agents are not accorded full and free right to conduct fish-cultural oper- ations, and all fishing and other operations nec- essary therefor, in such manner and at such times as is considered necessary and proper by the said director or his agents. (July 1, 1918, ch. 113, § 1, 40 Stat. 693; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title. Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, succeeded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120. See section 742b of this title. For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Transfer and consolidation of bureaus and functions, see note set out under sections 742 and 744 of this title. § 749. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act June 16, 1921, ch. 23, § 4, 42 Stat. 63, pro- vided for an advisory committee to report on condition and needs of the Fish and Wildlife Service, and is omit- ted since it was derived from an appropriation act and is obsolete. § 750. Station on Mississippi River for rescue of fishes and propagation of mussels There shall be established on the Mississippi River, at a point to be selected by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, a station for the rescue of fishes and the propagation of mussels in connection with fish-rescue operations throughout the Mis- sissippi Valley. (Apr. 28, 1922, ch. 153, § 1, 42 Stat. 501; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232.) Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Secretary of Commerce also empowered to carry out statutory provisions in view of: creation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Depart- ment 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; transfer of marine sport fish program of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife; and certain transfers of functions, including functions for- merly vested by law in Secretary of the Interior or De- partment of the Interior which were administered through Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or were pri- marily related to such Bureau, exclusive of certain enumerated functions with respect to Great Lakes fish- ery research, Missouri River Reservoir research, Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory, and Trans-Alaska pipe- line investigations by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appen- dix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employ- ees. For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with cer- tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5. Transfer and consolidation of bureaus and functions, see note set out under section 742 of this title. § 751. Personnel In connection with the establishment of such fish-rescue station there is authorized the fol- lowing personnel, namely: One district super- visor, to have general charge of fish-rescue and fish-cultural operations in the Mississippi Val- ley; a superintendent, two field foremen, four fish-culturists at large, one engineer at large, one clerk, two coxswains at large, and two ap- prentice fish-culturists. (Apr. 28, 1922, ch. 153, § 2, 42 Stat. 501.)