Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 8 — Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
§ 731. Effect on other laws
Statutory text
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting any portion of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Federal laws for the improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as authorizing any interference with the operations of the Department of the Army in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the improvement of said river.
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.
The Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act
Pub. L. 68–346 § 13 · 43 Stat. 650
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 731
June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 13. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as exempting any portion of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Federal laws for the improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as authorizing any interference with the operations of the War Department in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the improvement of said river.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act , was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act , enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
Credits
1924–1947 · 2 acts
- 1924June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652
- 1947July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.
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(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)