Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection
§ 1375a. Use of fines for protection and recovery of manatees, polar bears, sea otters, and walruses
Statutory text
On and after , all fines collected by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for violations of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1362–1407) and implementing regulations shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used for the expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in administering activities for the protection and recovery of manatees, polar bears, sea otters, and walruses, and shall remain available until expended.
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.
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000
Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(3)(tI) · 113 Stat. 1501
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1375a
(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–139.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–139.)
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Marine Mammal Protection Act, referred to in text, probably means the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92–522, , 86 Stat. 1027, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1361 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.
Credits
(Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(3) [title I], , 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A–139.)