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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 9 — Fish and Wildlife Service

§ 754. Commutation of rations for officers and crews of vessels of Service

Statutory text

On and after , commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 per man per day) may be paid to officers and crews of vessels of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior, and money accruing from commutation of rations on board vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the persons having charge of the mess of such vessels; and section 5911 of title 5, shall not be construed to require deductions from the salaries of officers and crews of vessels of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for quarters and rations furnished on vessels of said Service.

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. Pub. L. 77–473 § 1 · 56 Stat. 506

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 754

    July 2, 1942, ch. 473, § 1, 56 Stat. 558

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    July 2, 1942, ch. 473, § 1, 56 Stat. 558

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Editorial Notes

Codification

“Section 5911 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Act of (5 U.S.C. 75a)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), , 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act June 28, 1941, ch. 259, § 1, 55 Stat. 357.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title.

Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, eff. , 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, succeeded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120. See section 742b of this title.

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. , 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Credits

1942–1956 · 2 acts
  1. 1942July 2, 1942, ch. 473, § 1, 56 Stat. 558
  2. 1956Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120.
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(July 2, 1942, ch. 473, § 1, 56 Stat. 558; Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1120.)

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