Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection
§ 1405. Coordination with other Federal agencies
Statutory text
The Commission shall have access to all studies and data compiled by Federal agencies regarding marine mammals. With the consent of the appropriate Secretary or Agency head, the Commission may also utilize the facilities or services of any Federal agency and shall take every feasible step to avoid duplication of research and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
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.
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Pub. L. 92–522 title II § 205 · 86 Stat. 1027
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1405
(Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 205, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1045.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 205, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1045.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 205. coordination with other federal agencies The Commission shall have access to all studies and data compiled by Federal agencies regarding marine mammals. With the consent of the appropriate Secretary or Agency head, the Commission may also utilize the facilities or services of any Federal agency and shall take every feasible step to avoid duplication of research and to carry out the purposes of this Act.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective upon the expiration of the sixty-day period following , see section 4 of Pub. L. 92–522, set out as a note under section 1361 of this title.