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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 9 — Fish and Wildlife Service

§ 742i. Effect on rights of States and international commissions

Statutory text

Nothing in this Act shall be construed (1) to interfere in any manner with the rights of any State under the Submerged Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.] or otherwise provided by law, or to supersede any regulatory authority over fisheries exercised by the States either individually or under interstate compacts; or (2) to interfere in any manner with the authority exercised by any International Commission established under any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party.

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. (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 10, 70 Stat. 1124.) · 70 Stat. 1124

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 742i

    (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 10, 70 Stat. 1124.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 10, 70 Stat. 1124.)

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, 70 Stat. 1119, known as the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, which is classified generally to sections 742a to 742d and 742e to 742j–2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 742a of this title and Tables.

The Submerged Lands Act, referred to in text, is act May 22, 1953, ch. 65, 67 Stat. 29, which is classified generally to subchapters I and II (§§ 1301 et seq., 1311 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1301 of Title 43 and Tables.

Credits

(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 10, 70 Stat. 1124.)

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