16 U.S.C. § 659 — Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed

Page 1151 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 659 Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. §§ 1973, 1975 derived from act Mar. 5, 1872, ch. 31, § 1, 17 Stat. 35. R.S. § 1973 read as follows: ‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint one agent and three assistant agents, who shall be charged with the man- agement of the seal fisheries in Alaska, and the per- formance of such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’ R.S. § 1975 read as follows: ‘‘Such agents shall never be interested, directly or indirectly, in any lease of the right to take seals, nor in any proceeds or profits there- of, either as owner, agent, partner, or otherwise.’’ Act. Feb. 14, 1903, transferred jurisdiction, super- vision and control over the fur seal, salmon and other fisheries of Alaska from Department of the Treasury to Department of Commerce and Labor. Act. Mar. 4, 1913, changed designation of Department of Commerce and Labor to Department of Commerce and provided that the Secretary thereof should be called the Secretary of Commerce. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries RESPONSIBILITY FOR MATTERS RELATING TO SEALS Bureau of Commercial Fisheries within the Fish and Wildlife Service as responsible for matters relating to commercial fisheries and to seals, see section 742b of this title. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 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. Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce, and its functions and functions of Sec- retary of Commerce relating to protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals and supervision of Pribilof Islands and care of natives thereof, to Depart- ment of the Interior. Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and Bureau of Biologi- cal Survey with their respective functions into one agency in Department of the Interior to be known as Fish and Wildlife Service, and abolished office of Com- missioner and Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries and transferred their functions to the consolidated agency. § 656. Agents; administering oaths and taking tes- timony The agents are empowered to administer oaths in all cases relating to the service of the United States, and to take testimony in Alaska for the use of the Government in any matter concerning the public revenue. (R.S. § 1976.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION R.S. § 1976 derived from act Mar. 5, 1872, ch. 31, § 3, 17 Stat. 35. § 657. Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 632 Section, R.S. § 1974; act June 10, 1921, ch. 18, § 304, 42 Stat. 204, related to traveling expenses for persons charged with management of seal fisheries in Alaska. § 658. Repealed. Feb. 26, 1944, ch. 65, § 18, 58 Stat. 104 Section, acts Apr. 21, 1910, ch. 183, § 9, 36 Stat. 328; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, related to additional officers and agents to enforce seal fisheries law. § 659. Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed All Acts and parts of Acts making it unlawful to kill sea lions, as game animals or otherwise, in the waters of the Territory of Alaska are re- pealed. (June 16, 1934, ch. 556, 48 Stat. 976; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 92–522, title I, § 113(b), Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1042.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1972—Pub. L. 92–522 struck out proviso prohibiting killing of sea lions in waters of Alaska except under rules and regulations prescribed by Secretary of the In- terior. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 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. Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce, and its functions and functions of Sec- retary of Commerce relating to protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals and supervision of Pribilof Islands and care of natives thereof, to Depart- ment of the Interior. ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE Admission of Alaska into the Union was accom- plished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. CHAPTER 5A—PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE SUBCHAPTER I—GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH Sec. 661. Short title; authorization. 662. Impounding, diverting, or controlling of wa- ters. 663. Impoundment or diversion of waters. 664. Administration; rules and regulations; avail- ability of lands to State agencies. 665. Investigations as to effect of sewage, indus- trial wastes; reports. 665a. Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper Mississippi River. 666. Authorization of appropriations. 666a. Penalties. 666b. Definitions. 666c. Applicability to Tennessee Valley Authority. 666c–1. Protection of water, oceans, coasts, and wild- life from invasive species. 666d. Skagit National Wildlife Refuge; exchange of lands.