Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 49 — Fish and Wildlife Conservation
§ 2909. Disclaimers
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting—
the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law;
any requirement under State law that lands, waters, and interests therein may only be acquired for conservation purposes if the owner thereof is a willing seller; and
the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of (46 Stat. 1468–1469, 7 U.S.C. 426–426b).1
Footnotes
- 1 See References in Text note below.
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.
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980
Pub. L. 96–366 § 10 · 94 Stat. 1322
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 2909
(Pub. L. 96–366, § 10, Sept. 29, 1980, 94 Stat. 1329.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–366, § 10, Sept. 29, 1980, 94 Stat. 1329.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 10. DISCLAIMERS. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting— (1) the authority jurisdiction, or responsibility of the States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law; (2) any requirement under State law that lands, waters, and interests therein may only be acquired for conservation purposes if the owner thereof is a willing seller; and (3) the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468–1469; 7 U.S.C. 426–426b).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Act of , referred to in par. (3), is act Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 370, 46 Stat. 1468, which was formerly classified to sections 426 to 426b of Title 7, Agriculture. Sections 1 and 3 of the Act, which were formerly classified to sections 426 and 426b, respectively, of Title 7, were editorially reclassified as sections 8351 and 8352, respectively, of Title 7. Section 2 of the Act, which was formerly classified to section 426a of Title 7, was omitted from the Code as obsolete. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.