§ 1338a. Transportation of captured animals; procedures and prohibitions applicable

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.

1. 1976

   Pub. L. 92–195 § 9 · 85 Stat. 649

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1338a

   Pub. L. 92–195, § 9, as added Pub. L. 94–579, title IV, § 404, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2775

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–195, § 9, as added Pub. L. 94–579, title IV, § 404, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2775

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 9. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Secretary Limitation. to relocate wild free-roaming horses or burros to areas of the public lands where they do not presently exist.

2. 1996

   Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996

   Pub. L. 104–333 div. I title VIII § 803(a) · 110 Stat. 4093

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 1338a

   Pub. L. 104–333 inserted at end “Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the authority of the Secretary in the management of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary may, without regard either to the provisions of this chapter, or the provisions of section 47(a) of title 18, use motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, or helicopters, or to contract for such use, in furtherance of the management of the National Park System, and section 47(a) of title 18 shall be applicable to such use.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 104–333 inserted at end “Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to limit the authority of the Secretary in the management of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary may, without regard either to the provisions of this chapter, or the provisions of section 47(a) of title 18, use motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, or helicopters, or to contract for such use, in furtherance of the management of the National Park System, and section 47(a) of title 18 shall be applicable to such use.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) Vehicles and Aircraft.— Section 9 of the Act of December 15, 1971 (16 U.S.C. 1338a), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Nothing in this title shall be deemed to limit the authority of the Secretary in the management of units of the National Park System, and the Secretary may, without regard either to the provisions of this title, or the provisions of section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, use motor vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, or helicopters, or to contract for such use, in furtherance of the management of the National Park System, and section 47(a) of title 18, United States Code, shall be applicable to such use.”.

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