§ 745. — Powers of Secretary.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC745]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 9--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Sec. 745. Powers of Secretary
The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as
appropriate, may take or cause to be taken at all times, in the waters
of the seacoast of the United States, where the tide ebbs and flows, and
also in the waters of the lakes, such fish or specimens thereof as may
in his judgment, from time to time, be needful or proper for the conduct
of his duties, any law, custom, or usage of any State to the contrary
notwithstanding.
(R.S. Sec. 4398; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5
F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35
F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 4398 derived from Res. Feb. 9, 1871, No. 22, Sec. 4, 16
Stat. 594.
Transfer of Functions
Secretary of the Interior or Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate,
substituted for Director of Fish and Wildlife Service in view of
transfer of functions by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, see note set out
under section 744 of this title.
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, Government Organization and Employees.
Transfer and consolidation of bureaus and functions, see note set
out under section 742 of this title.
