§ 753a. Cooperative research and training programs for fish and wildlife resources

Statutory text

For the purpose of developing adequate, coordinated, cooperative research and training programs for fish and wildlife resources, the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate, is authorized to continue to enter into cooperative agreements with colleges and universities, with game and fish departments of the several States, and with nonprofit organizations relating to cooperative research units: Provided, That Federal participation in the conduct of such cooperative unit programs shall be limited to the assignment of Department of the Interior or Department of Commerce scientific personnel by the Secretary to serve at the respective units, to the provision of assistance (including reasonable financial compensation) for the work of researchers on fish and wildlife ecology and resource management projects funded under this subsection 1 to supply for the use of the particular units’ operations such equipment as may be available to the Secretary for such purposes, and the payment of incidental expenses of Federal personnel and employees of cooperating agencies assigned to the units.

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be “section”.

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.

1960
Pub. L. 86–686 § 1 · 74 Stat. 733
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 753a
Pub. L. 86–686, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 86–686, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733
1978
Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978
Pub. L. 95–616 § 2 · 92 Stat. 3110
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 753a
Pub. L. 95–616, in proviso, substituted “scientific personnel” for “technical personnel” and authorized provision of assistance (including reasonable financial compensation) for the work of researchers on funded fish and wildlife ecology and resource management projects
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 95–616, in proviso, substituted “scientific personnel” for “technical personnel” and authorized provision of assistance (including reasonable financial compensation) for the work of researchers on funded fish and wildlife ecology and resource management projects.
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 2. FISH AND WILDLIFE COOPERATIVE UNITS ASSISTANCE. The first section of the Act of September 2, 1960 (74 Stat. 733; 16 U.S.C. 753a) is amended— (1) by striking out “technical personnel” and inserting in lieu thereof “scientific personnel”; and (2) by inserting immediately after “respective units,” the ring: “to the provision of assistance (including reasonable financial compensation) for the work of researchers on fish and wildlife ecology and resource management projects funded under this subsection”.

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

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–616, in proviso, substituted “scientific personnel” for “technical personnel” and authorized provision of assistance (including reasonable financial compensation) for the work of researchers on funded fish and wildlife ecology and resource management projects.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Reference to Secretary of Commerce and Department of Commerce inserted in view of: creation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Department of Commerce and Office of Administrator of such Administration; abolition of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in Department of the Interior and Office of Director of such Bureau; transfers of functions, including functions formerly vested by law in Secretary of the Interior or Department of the Interior which were administered through Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or were primarily related to such Bureau, exclusive of certain enumerated functions with respect to Great Lakes fishery research, Missouri River Reservoir research, Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory, and Trans-Alaska pipeline investigations; and transfer of marine sport fish program of Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1960–1978 · 3 acts

1960Pub. L. 86–686, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733
19701970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090
1978Pub. L. 95–616, § 2, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3110.

Show as published

(Pub. L. 86–686, § 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 95–616, § 2, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3110.)