Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 15B — Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration
§ 941d. Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service programs related to Great Lakes fish and wildlife resources
Statutory text
In administering programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to the Great Lakes Basin, the Director shall seek to achieve the following goals:
Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fish and wildlife resources.
Minimizing the impacts of contaminants on fishery and wildlife resources.
Protecting, maintaining, and, where degraded and destroyed, restoring fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain in the amount of those habitats.
Stopping illegal activities adversely impacting fishery and wildlife resources.
Restoring threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels.
Protecting, managing, and conserving migratory birds.
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.
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–537 title I § 1006 · 104 Stat. 2370
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 941d
Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1006, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2373
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1006, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2373Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1006. GOALS OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PRO-GRAMS RELATED TO GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. In administering programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to the Great Lakes Basin, the Director shall seek to achieve the following goals: (1) Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations. (2) Minimizing the impacts of contaminants on fishery and wildlife resources. (3) Protecting, maintaining, and, where degraded and destroyed, restoring fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain in the amount of those habitats. (4) Stopping illegal activities adversely impacting fishery and wildlife resources. (5) Restoring threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels. (6) Protecting, managing, and conserving migratory birds.National Invasive Species Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–332 § 2(h)(1) · 110 Stat. 4073
Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 941d
Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2006, which enacted this section
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2006, 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;Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 2006
Pub. L. 109–326 § 5 · 120 Stat. 1761
Added · 16 U.S.C. § 941d(1)
Pub. L. 109–326 added par. (1)
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 941d(1)
Pub. L. 109–326 struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–326 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5. GOALS OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE PROGRAMS RELATED TO GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESOURCES. Section 1006 of the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C. 941d) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: “(1) Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fish and wildlife resources.” .
4 of 4 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.
Amendments1996–2006 · 2 rounds
2006
Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–326 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations.”
1996
Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2006, which enacted this section.