§ 746. — Vessels of Fish and Wildlife Service.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC746]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 9--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Sec. 746. Vessels of Fish and Wildlife Service
The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to place the vessels of the
United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the same footing with the
Navy Department as those of the National Ocean Survey.
(May 31, 1880, ch. 113, 21 Stat. 151; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg.
Plan No. III, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232;
Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 1120.)
Change of Name
Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather Bureau
in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg.
Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. July 13, 1965, 30 F.R. 8819, 79 Stat. 1318.
Environmental Science Services Administration abolished in 1970 and its
personnel, property, records, etc., transferred to National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3,
1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. By order of Acting Associate
Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 35
F.R. 19249, Dec. 19, 1970, Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated
National Ocean Survey. See notes under section 851 of Title 33,
Navigation and Navigable Waters. See, also, notes under section 311 of
Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Transfer of Functions
Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940,
eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, succeeded by United
States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch.
1036, Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 1120. See section 742b 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.
