§ 753a. — Cooperative research and training programs for fish and wildlife resources.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC753a]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 9--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Sec. 753a. Cooperative research and training programs for fish
and wildlife resources
For the purpose of developing adequate, coordinated, cooperative
research and training programs for fish and wildlife resources, the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce, as appropriate,
is authorized to continue to enter into cooperative agreements with
colleges and universities, with game and fish departments of the several
States, and with nonprofit organizations relating to cooperative
research units: Provided, That Federal participation in the conduct of
such cooperative unit programs shall be limited to the assignment of
Department of the Interior or Department of Commerce scientific
personnel by the Secretary to serve at the respective units, to the
provision of assistance (including reasonable financial compensation)
for the work of researchers on fish and wildlife ecology and resource
management projects funded under this subsection \1\ to supply for the
use of the particular units' operations such equipment as may be
available to the Secretary for such purposes, and the payment of
incidental expenses of Federal personnel and employees of cooperating
agencies assigned to the units.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``section''.
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(Pub. L. 86-686, Sec. 1, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 733; 1970 Reorg. Plan
No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 95-616,
Sec. 2, Nov. 8, 1978, 92 Stat. 3110.)
Amendments
1978--Pub. L. 95-616, in proviso, substituted ``scientific
personnel'' for ``technical personnel'' and authorized provision of
assistance (including reasonable financial compensation) for the work of
researchers on funded fish and wildlife ecology and resource management
projects.
Transfer of Functions
Reference to Secretary of Commerce and Department of Commerce
inserted in view of: creation of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration in Department of Commerce and Office of Administrator of
such Administration; abolition of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries in
Department of the Interior and Office of Director of such Bureau;
transfers of functions, including functions formerly vested by law in
Secretary of the Interior or Department of the Interior which were
administered through Bureau of Commercial Fisheries or were primarily
related to such Bureau, exclusive of certain enumerated functions with
respect to Great Lakes fishery research, Missouri River Reservoir
research, Gulf Breeze Biological Laboratory, and Trans-Alaska pipeline
investigations; and transfer of marine sport fish program of Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3,
1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 753b of this title.
