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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection

§ 1407. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Marine Mammal Commission, for purposes of carrying out this subchapter, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1994, $1,550,000 for fiscal year 1995, $1,600,000 for fiscal year 1996, $1,650,000 for fiscal year 1997, $1,700,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $1,750,000 for fiscal year 1999.

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 § 207 · 86 Stat. 1027

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1407

    Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 207, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1046

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 207, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1046

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 207. authorization of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year in which this title is enacted and for the next four fiscal years thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title, but the sums appropriated for any such year shall not exceed $1,000,000. Not less than two-thirds of the total amount of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any such year shall be expended on research and studies conducted under the authority of section 202(a) (2) and (3) of this title.

  2. Pub. L. 95–136 § 3 · 91 Stat. 1167

    1. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1407

      Pub. L. 95–136 substituted “five fiscal years” for “four fiscal years”

    2. Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 1407

      Pub. L. 95–136 substituted “the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $2,000,000” for “the sums appropriated for any such year shall not exceed $1,000,000”

    3. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 1407

      Pub. L. 95–136 struck out requirement that not less than two-thirds of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any such year be expended on research and studies under authority of section 1402(a)(2) and (3) of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–136 substituted “five fiscal years” for “four fiscal years” and “the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $2,000,000” for “the sums appropriated for any such year shall not exceed $1,000,000” and struck out requirement that not less than two-thirds of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any such year be expended on research and studies under authority of section 1402(a)(2) and (3) of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 3. Section 207 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1407) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 207. “authorizations of appropriations There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year in which this title is enacted and for the next five fiscal years thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this title, but the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $2,000,000.”.

  3. Pub. L. 95–316 § 4 · 92 Stat. 380

    Added · 16 U.S.C. § 1407

    Pub. L. 95–316 added provisions authorizing appropriations for the fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1979, Sept. 30, 1980, and Sept. 30, 1981

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–316 added provisions authorizing appropriations for the fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1979, Sept. 30, 1980, and Sept. 30, 1981.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. Section 207 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. 1407) is amended— (1) by striking out “and” immediately after “$1,000,000”; and (2) by inserting “, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, shall not exceed $1,000,000” immediately after “$2,000,000”.

  4. Marine Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–238 § 9(b) · 108 Stat. 532

    Amended · 16 U.S.C. § 1407

    Pub. L. 103–238 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year in which this subchapter is enacted and for the next five fiscal years thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter, but the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $2,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, shall not exceed $1,000,000.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–238 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year in which this subchapter is enacted and for the next five fiscal years thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter, but the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, shall not exceed $2,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981, shall not exceed $1,000,000.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Marine Mammal Commission.— Section 207 is amended 16 USC 1407. to read as follows: “SEC. 207. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. “There are authorized to be appropriated to the Marine Mammal Commission, for purposes of carrying out this title, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1994, $1,550,000 for fiscal year 1995, $1,600,000 for fiscal year 1996, $1,650,000 for fiscal year 1997, $1,700,000 for fiscal year 1998, and $1,750,000 for fiscal year 1999.”.

6 of 6 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. L. 97–58, § 7(c), , 95 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 98–364, title I, § 104(3), , 98 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 100–711, § 6(3), , 102 Stat. 4771, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–238, § 9(c).

Amendments1977–1994 · 3 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–238 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “There are authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year in which this subchapter is enacted and for the next five fiscal years thereafter such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter, but the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $2,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $1,000,000, the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $1,000,000.”

1978

Pub. L. 95–316 added provisions authorizing appropriations for the fiscal years ending , , and .

1977

Pub. L. 95–136 substituted “five fiscal years” for “four fiscal years” and “the sums appropriated for any fiscal year other than the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $1,000,000, and the sum appropriated for the fiscal year ending , shall not exceed $2,000,000” for “the sums appropriated for any such year shall not exceed $1,000,000” and struck out requirement that not less than two-thirds of the sums appropriated pursuant to this section for any such year be expended on research and studies under authority of section 1402(a)(2) and (3) of this title.

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

1972–1994 · 4 acts
  1. 1972Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 207, , 86 Stat. 1046
  2. 1977Pub. L. 95–136, § 3, , 91 Stat. 1167
  3. 1978Pub. L. 95–316, § 4, , 92 Stat. 381
  4. 1994Pub. L. 103–238, § 9(b), , 108 Stat. 543.
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(Pub. L. 92–522, title II, § 207, , 86 Stat. 1046; Pub. L. 95–136, § 3, , 91 Stat. 1167; Pub. L. 95–316, § 4, , 92 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 103–238, § 9(b), , 108 Stat. 543.)

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