§ 1052. — Authorization of Secretary of the Interior.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1052]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 20--NATIONAL FISHERIES CENTER AND AQUARIUM
Sec. 1052. Authorization of Secretary of the Interior
(a) Operation of Center and Aquarium
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the
``Secretary'') shall operate the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium.
(b) Specimens and exhibits; catalogs and other printed matter and films,
animations and photographic and other material; employment of
experts, consultants, and organizations; use of auditorium and
other areas; use of facilities by foreigners
The Secretary is further authorized to--
(1) construct, purchase or lease, and operate and maintain
vessels for specimen collecting purposes and, without regard to
section 5 of title 41, to contract for such collection of specimens
and to purchase or exchange specimens and exhibit materials;
(2) prepare for free distribution or exhibit or to offer for
sale at cost illustrated catalogs of specimens, brochures, and other
printed matter and films, animations and photographic and other
material pertaining to the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium
and its objectives and to aquariums generally, all or any of which
may be reproduced by any printing or other process without regard to
existing regulations, the proceeds of sales to be covered into the
United States Treasury;
(3) employ, as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, but at
rates not to exceed $50 per diem plus expenses, experts,
consultants, or organizations thereof, as required to assist with
the planning, design, construction, and operation of the National
Fisheries Center and Aquarium;
(4) permit on such terms and conditions as he shall consider to
be in the public interest the use of auditorium and other areas for
meetings and exhibits of societies and groups whose purposes are
related to fish and wildlife generally; and
(5) encourage the use of the educational and scientific
facilities and equipment at the National Fisheries Center and
Aquarium by individuals of any nation with which the United States
maintains diplomatic relations and which extends similar use of its
educational and scientific facilities and equipment to citizens of
the United States.
(Pub. L. 87-758, Sec. 2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 752.)
Codification
In subsec. (b)(3), ``section 3109 of title 5'' substituted for
``section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a)''
on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631,
the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
