§ 756. — Investigations, surveys, and experiments; construction and installation of conservation devices, etc.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC756]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 9A--PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES
Sec. 756. Investigations, surveys, and experiments; construction
and installation of conservation devices, etc.
The Secretary of Commerce is further authorized and directed (1) to
conduct such investigations, and such engineering and biological surveys
and experiments, as may be necessary to direct and facilitate
conservation of the fishery resources of the Columbia River and its
tributaries; (2) to construct and install devices in the Columbia River
Basin for the improvement of feeding and spawning conditions for fish,
for the protection of migratory fish from irrigation projects, and for
facilitating free migration of fish over obstructions; and (3) to
perform all other activities necessary for the conservation of fish in
the Columbia River Basin in accordance with law.
(May 11, 1938, ch. 193, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 345; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 8, 1946,
ch. 883, Sec. 1, 60 Stat. 932; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3,
1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Amendments
1946--Act Aug. 8, 1946, struck out requirement to maintain
conservation devices, etc.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the
Interior and prior transfers, see note set out under section 755 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 755, 757, 757e of this
title.
