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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 8 — Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge

§ 721. Short title; “person” defined

Statutory text

This chapter may be cited as “The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Act.” The term “person” as used therein includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.

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. The Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act

    Pub. L. 68–346 · 43 Stat. 650

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 721

    June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652

  2. National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–312 title II § 202(b) · 112 Stat. 2956

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 721

    Pub. L. 105–312 substituted “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–312 substituted “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (b) Conforming Amendments.— The first section and section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act (16 U.S.C. 721, 722) are amended by striking “Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge” each place it appears and inserting “Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge”.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section is a combination provision, the first sentence being derived from section 1 and the last from section 12, of act .

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–312 substituted “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”.

Credits

1924–1998 · 2 acts
  1. 1924June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652
  2. 1998Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), , 112 Stat. 2957.
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(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), , 112 Stat. 2957.)

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