§ 1340. — Joint report to Congress; consultation and coordination of implementation, enforcement, and departmental activities; studies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1340]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 30--WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL
Sec. 1340. Joint report to Congress; consultation and
coordination of implementation, enforcement, and departmental
activities; studies
After the expiration of thirty calendar months following December
15, 1971, and every twenty-four calendar months thereafter, the
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture will submit to Congress a
joint report on the administration of this chapter, including a summary
of enforcement and/or other actions taken thereunder, costs, and such
recommendations for legislative or other actions as he might deem
appropriate.
The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall
consult with respect to the implementation and enforcement of this
chapter and to the maximum feasible extent coordinate the activities of
their respective departments and in the implementation and enforcement
of this chapter. The Secretaries are authorized and directed to
undertake those studies of the habits of wild free-roaming horses and
burros that they may deem necessary in order to carry out the provisions
of this chapter.
(Pub. L. 92-195, Sec. 11, formerly Sec. 10, Dec. 15, 1971, 85 Stat. 651,
renumbered Pub. L. 94-579, title IV, Sec. 404, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat.
2775.)
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of this
section relating to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture
submitting a joint report to Congress every twenty-four months on the
administration of this chapter, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as
amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and
Finance, and page 147 of House Document No. 103-7.
