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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection

§ 1406. Administration

Statutory text

The Commission, in carrying out its responsibilities under this subchapter, may—

(1)

employ and fix the compensation of such personnel;

(2)

acquire, furnish, and equip such office space;

(3)

enter into such contracts or agreements with, or provide such grants to, other organizations, both public and private;

(4)

procure the services of such experts or consultants or an organization thereof as is authorized under section 3109 of title 5 (but at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 per diem); and

(5)

incur such necessary expenses and exercise such other powers, as are consistent with and reasonably required to perform its functions under this subchapter; except that no fewer than 11 employees must be employed under paragraph (1) at any time. Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) shall be provided the Commission by the General Services Administration, for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement from funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman and the Administrator of General Services.

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. Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972

    Pub. L. 92–522 title II § 206 · 86 Stat. 1027

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1406

    Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 206, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1045

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 206, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1045

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 206. administration of commission The Commission, in carrying out its responsibilities under this title, may— (1) employ and fix the compensation of such personnel; (2) acquire, furnish, and equip such office space; (3) enter into such contracts or agreements with other organizations, both public and private; (4) procure the services of such experts or consultants or an organization thereof as is authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code (but at rates for individuals not to exceed $100 80 Stat. 416. per diem); and (5) incur such necessary expenses and exercise such other powers, as are consistent with and reasonably required to perform its functions under this title. Financial and administrative services (including those related to budgeting, accounting, financial reporting, personnel, and procurement) shall be provided the Commission by the General Serv-ices Administration, for which payment shall be made in advance, or by reimbursement from funds of the Commission in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Chairman and the Administrator of General Services.

  2. Pub. L. 97–58 § 6(2) · 95 Stat. 979

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1406(3)

    Pub. L. 97–58 substituted “contracts or agreements with, or provide such grants to, other organizations” for “contracts or agreements with other organizations”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (3). Pub. L. 97–58 substituted “contracts or agreements with, or provide such grants to, other organizations” for “contracts or agreements with other organizations”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by inserting “, or provide such grants to,” immediately after 16 USC 1406. “agreements with” in section 206(3).

  3. Pub. L. 98–364 title I § 103(b) · 98 Stat. 440

    Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 1406(5)

    Pub. L. 98–364 inserted “; except that no fewer than 11 employees must be employed under paragraph (1) at any time” at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (5). Pub. L. 98–364 inserted “; except that no fewer than 11 employees must be employed under paragraph (1) at any time” at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) The first sentence of section 206 of such Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1406) is amended by adding immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: except that no fewer than 11 employees must be employed under paragraph (1) at any time”.

3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1981–1984 · 2 rounds

1984

Par. (5). Pub. L. 98–364 inserted “; except that no fewer than 11 employees must be employed under paragraph (1) at any time” at end.

1981

Par. (3). Pub. L. 97–58 substituted “contracts or agreements with, or provide such grants to, other organizations” for “contracts or agreements with other organizations”.

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.

Credits

1972–1984 · 3 acts
  1. 1972Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 206, , 86 Stat. 1045
  2. 1981Pub. L. 97–58, § 6(2), , 95 Stat. 987
  3. 1984Pub. L. 98–364, title I, § 103(b), , 98 Stat. 442.
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(Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 206, , 86 Stat. 1045; Pub. L. 97–58, § 6(2), , 95 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 98–364, title I, § 103(b), , 98 Stat. 442.)

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