Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 661 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 16 U.S.C. § 661 : US Code - Notes

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 401; 1939 Reorg. Plan No.
II, Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433;
Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 85-624, Sec. 2, Aug.
12, 1958, 72 Stat. 563.)
AMENDMENTS
1958 - Pub. L. 85-624 inserted provisions which relate to
recognition of the vital contribution of wildlife resources to the
Nation, the increasing public interest and significance thereof,
and to equal consideration and coordination of wildlife
conservation with other water-resources development programs, and
which authorize the Secretary to provide public fishing areas, and
to accept donations of lands and contributions of funds.
1946 - Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally in order to
promote more effectual planning and cooperation between Federal,
State, public, and private agencies for the conservation and
rehabilitation of wildlife.
SHORT TITLE
Section 1 of Pub. L. 85-624 provided: "That the Act of March 10,
1934, as amended, and as further amended by this Act [sections 661
to 666c of this title] may be cited as the 'Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act'."
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in
Department of the Interior related to compliance with wildlife
consultation in sections 661 to 666c of this title and such
functions of Secretary or other official in Department of
Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under
jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with
sections 661 to 666c of this title with respect to pre-
construction, construction, and initial operation of
transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas
transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for
Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary
of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation
System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(e), (f), 203(a),
44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979,
set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested
in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b)
of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal
Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently
transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.
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, Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5.
Functions, appropriations, records, and property of Secretary of
the Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service of Department of the
Interior which affect or relate to breeding, raising, producing,
marketing, or any other phase of production or distribution of
domestically raised fur-bearing animals, or the products thereof
transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by section 434 of Title 7,
Agriculture.
Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R.
2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and
Bureau of Biological Survey with their respective functions into
one agency in Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish
and Wildlife Service, and abolished the office of Commissioner and
Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries and transferred their functions to
the consolidated agency.
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce, and its
functions, to Department of the Interior; transferred functions of
Secretary of Commerce relating to protection of fur seals and other
fur-bearing animals to Secretary of the Interior; and transferred
functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of
wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS
Section 4 of Pub. L. 85-624 provided that: "There is hereby
authorized to be appropriated and expended such funds as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act [amending this
section and sections 662 to 664 of this title and enacting section
1008 of this title]."
STUDY OF SOFT- AND HARD-SHELL CLAMS
Act May 26, 1948, ch. 348, 62 Stat. 274, directed the Fish and
Wildlife Service to undertake, in cooperation with appropriate
State and interstate agencies in accordance with the provisions of
the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080), comprehensive studies
of the soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, and the hard-shell clam,
Venus mercenaria, with particular respect to the biology,
propagation, and methods of cultivation of such clams, required the
Service to recommend appropriate measures for (1) arresting
depletion in existing productive beds; (2) restoring to production
beds formerly productive but now barren or unusable; (3) developing
new areas which may be found suitable; (4) improving methods and
techniques of digging, transplanting, and handling; and (5)
otherwise increasing production and improving the quality of such
clams for the benefit of both producers and consumers, and
authorized for the five-year period beginning July 1, 1948, the sum
of $250,000 to carry out the studies of the soft-shell clam and the
sum of $250,000 to carry out the studies of the hard-shell clam.