Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 5A — Protection and Conservation of Wildlife
§ 665. Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial wastes; reports
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service and the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized to make such investigations as he deems necessary to determine the effects of domestic sewage, mine, petroleum, and industrial wastes, erosion silt, and other polluting substances on wildlife, and to make reports to the Congress concerning such investigations and of recommendations for alleviating dangerous and undesirable effects of such pollution. These investigations shall include (1) the determination of standards of water quality for the maintenance of wildlife; (2) the study of methods of abating and preventing pollution, including methods for the recovery of useful or marketable products and byproducts of wastes; and (3) the collation and distribution of data on the progress and results of such investigations for the use of Federal, State, municipal, and private agencies, individuals, organizations, or enterprises.
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.
Pub. L. 73–55 § 5 · 48 Stat. 119
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 665
Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5, 48 Stat. 402
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5, 48 Stat. 402Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. That the second and third sentences of paragraph (6) of section 201 (a) of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932, as amended, are hereby amended to read as follows: “Obliga-tions accepted hereunder shall be collateraled (a) in the case of loans Loans for repair of earthquake damages. 1933. Private property. Other property of borrower as collateral. for the repair or reconstruction of private property, by the obligations of the owner of such property secured by a paramount lien except as to taxes and special assessments on the property repaired or reconstructed, or on other property of the borrower, and (b) in Municipalities, etc. the case of municipalities or political subdivisions of States or their Public school boards and districts. public agencies, including public-school boards and public-school districts, by an obligation of such municipality, political subdivision, public agency, public-school board, or public-school district. The Application for, not denied by constitutional, etc., inhibitions affecting collateral. Corporation shall not deny an otherwise acceptable application for loans for repair or construction of the buildings of municipalities, political subdivisions, public agencies, public-school boards, or public-school districts because of constitutional or other legal inhibitions affecting the collateral.”
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1946—Act , amended section generally to provide for investigations as to the effect of sewage and industrial waste on wildlife.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
“United States Bureau of Mines” substituted in text for “Bureau of Mines” pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102–285, set out as a note under section 1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 1 of Title 30.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this title.
Credits
1934–1992 · 4 acts
- 1934Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5, 48 Stat. 402
- 19401940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. , 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232
- 1946Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081
- 1992Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.
Show as published
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 5, 48 Stat. 402; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. , 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 102–285, § 10(b), , 106 Stat. 172.)