§ 723. — Purposes of refuge; regulations by 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: 16USC723]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 8--UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE
Sec. 723. Purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary of the
Interior
The refuge shall be established and maintained (a) as a refuge and
breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the
convention between the United States and Great Britain for the
protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and (b) to
such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulations
prescribe, as a refuge and breeding place for other wild birds, game
animals, fur-bearing animals, and for the conservation of wild flowers
and aquatic plants, and (c) to such extent as the Secretary of the
Interior may by regulations prescribe as a refuge and breeding place for
fish and other aquatic animal life.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
Transfer of Functions
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 into one agency in Department of the Interior to be
known as Fish and Wildlife Service.
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-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.
