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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 15B — Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration

§ 941a. Purpose

Statutory text

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to develop and implement proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes Basin; and

(2)

to provide assistance to the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, States, Indian Tribes, and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration and management of the fish and wildlife resources and their habitat in the Great Lakes Basin.

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. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990

    Pub. L. 101–537 title I § 1003 · 104 Stat. 2370

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 941a

    Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1003, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2371

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1003, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2371

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1003. PURPOSE. The purposes of this Act are— (1) to carry out a comprehensive study of the status, and the assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the fishery resources of the Great Lakes Basin; (2) to develop proposals to implement recommendations resulting from that study; and (3) to provide assistance to the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, States, Indian Tribes, and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration and management of the fish and wildlife resources and their habitat of the Great Lakes Basin.

  2. National Invasive Species Act of 1996

    Pub. L. 104–332 § 2(h)(1) · 110 Stat. 4073

    Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 941a

    Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2003, which enacted this section

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2003, which enacted this section.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in titles I, II, and IV, by striking the quotation marks 16 USC 4701, 941; 33 USC 2761. at the beginning of any title, subtitle, section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, clause, subclause, or undesignated provision;

  3. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–265 § 4(1) · 112 Stat. 2358

    Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 941a

    Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(1), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in introductory provisions as reference to this chapter

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(1), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in introductory provisions as reference to this chapter.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “this Act” and inserting “this title”;

  4. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–265 § 4(4) · 112 Stat. 2358

    1. Added · 16 U.S.C. § 941a(1)

      Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(4), added par. (1)

    2. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 941a(1)

      Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(4), struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop proposals to implement recommendations resulting from that study; and”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(4), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop proposals to implement recommendations resulting from that study; and”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) by striking paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) and inserting the following: “(1) to develop and implement proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes Basin; and”; and

  5. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–265 § 4(2) · 112 Stat. 2358

    1. Redesignated · 16 U.S.C. § 941a(1)

      Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(2), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (1)

    2. Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 941a(1)

      Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(2), (3), struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to carry out a comprehensive study of the status, and the assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the fishery resources of the Great Lakes Basin;”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(2), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to carry out a comprehensive study of the status, and the assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the fishery resources of the Great Lakes Basin;”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (2) by striking paragraph (1);

  6. Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998

    Pub. L. 105–265 § 4(3) · 112 Stat. 2358

    1. Redesignated · 16 U.S.C. § 941a(2); 16 U.S.C. § 941a(3)

      Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(3), (5), redesignated par. (3) as (2)

    2. Redesignated · 16 U.S.C. § 941a(2); 16 U.S.C. § 941a(3)

      Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(3), (5), substituted “habitat in” for “habitat of”. Former par. (2) redesignated (1)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pars. (2), (3). Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(3), (5), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and substituted “habitat in” for “habitat of”. Former par. (2) redesignated (1).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively;

9 of 9 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Title I of Pub. L. 101–537 and title II of Pub. L. 101–646 enacted identical sections. Title II of Pub. L. 101–646 was repealed by Pub. L. 105–265, § 3(b).

Amendments1996–1998 · 2 rounds

1998

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(1), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in introductory provisions as reference to this chapter.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(4), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop proposals to implement recommendations resulting from that study; and”.

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(2), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to carry out a comprehensive study of the status, and the assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the fishery resources of the Great Lakes Basin;”.

Pars. (2), (3). Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(3), (5), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and substituted “habitat in” for “habitat of”. Former par. (2) redesignated (1).

1996

Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2003, which enacted this section.

Credits

1990–1998 · 4 acts
  1. 1990Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1003, , 104 Stat. 2371
  2. 1990Pub. L. 101–646, title II, § 2003, , 104 Stat. 4774
  3. 1996Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), , 110 Stat. 4091
  4. 1998Pub. L. 105–265, §§ 3(b), 4, , 112 Stat. 2358.
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(Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1003, , 104 Stat. 2371; Pub. L. 101–646, title II, § 2003, , 104 Stat. 4774; Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), , 110 Stat. 4091; Pub. L. 105–265, §§ 3(b), 4, , 112 Stat. 2358.)

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