Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 20 — National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
§ 1053. Delegation of responsibility for operation
Statutory text
The Secretary shall assign the responsibility for the operation of the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium and related activities to that branch of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service having as its major activity the rearing and holding of living fishes, including the operation of aquariums.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 87–758 § 3 · 76 Stat. 752
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1053
Pub. L. 87–758, § 3, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 753
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 87–758, § 3, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 753Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. delegation of responsibility for operation of the national fisheries center and aquarium The Secretary shall assign the responsibility for the operation of the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium and related activities to that branch of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife having as its major activity the rearing and holding of living fishes, including the operation of aquariums.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“United States Fish and Wildlife Service” substituted in text for “Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife” on authority of Pub. L. 93–271, § 1(3), which is classified to section 742b(c) of this title.
Credits
1962–1974 · 2 acts
- 1962Pub. L. 87–758, § 3, , 76 Stat. 753
- 1974Pub. L. 93–271, § 1(3), , 88 Stat. 92.
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(Pub. L. 87–758, § 3, , 76 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 93–271, § 1(3), , 88 Stat. 92.)