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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 35 — Endangered Species

§ 1541. Endangered plants

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in conjunction with other affected agencies, is authorized and directed to review (1) species of plants which are now or may become endangered or threatened and (2) methods of adequately conserving such species, and to report to Congress, within one year after , the results of such review including recommendations for new legislation or the amendment of existing legislation.

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. Endangered Species Art of 1973

    Pub. L. 93–205 § 12 · 87 Stat. 884

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1541

    (Pub. L. 93–205, § 12, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 901.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 93–205, § 12, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 901.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 12. endangered plants The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in conjunction with other affected agencies, is authorized and directed to review (1) species of plants which are now or may become endangered or threatened and (2) methods of adequately conserving such species, and to Report to Congress. report to Congress, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the results of such review including recommendations for new legislation or the amendment of existing legislation.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 93–205, § 12, , 87 Stat. 901.)

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