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U.S. FISH WILDL. SERV. CIRC.

FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956,
AS AMENDED

(An Excerpt from Title 16
of the United States Code)

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

BUREAU OF COMMERCIAL FISHERIES

FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956,
AS AMENDED
(An Excerpt from Title 16
of the United States Code)

Circular 304

Washington, D.C,
December 1968

FISH AND WILDLIFE ACT OF 1956, AS AMENDED
(An Excerpt from Title 16 of the United States Code)

ABSTRACT

Contains provisions for the establishment of
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its con-
stituent agencies, the Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and
Wildlife. Outlines conditions for making loans for
construction or purchase of fishing vessels and
granting of fishing vessel insurance. Also covers
cooperation with the Department of State, repre-
sentation at international meetings, investigation
and research in fisheries, consultations with
other organizations on fish and wildlife prob-
lems, reports to Congress and the President,
and appropriation of funds.

Sec. 74Za. Declaration of policy.

The Congress declares that the fish, shellfish, and wildlife re-
sources of the Nation make a material contribution to our national
economy and food supply, as well as a material contribution to the
health, recreation, and well-being of our citizens; that such re-
sources are a living, renewable form of national wealth that is
capable of being maintained and greatly increased with proper
management, but equally capable of destruction if neglected or un-
wisely exploited; that such resources afford outdoor recreation
throughout the Nation and provide employment, directly or indirectly,
to a substantial number of citizens; that the fishing industries
strengthen the defense of the United States through the provision of a
trained seafaring citizenry and action- ready fleets of seaworthy
vessels; that the training and sport afforded by fish and wildlife
resources strengthen the national defense by contributing to the
general health and physical fitness of millions of citizens; and that
properly developed, such fish and wildlife resources are capable of
steadily increasing these valuable contributions to the life of the
Nation.

The Congress further declares that the fishing industry, in its
several branches, can prosper and thus fulfill its proper function
in national life only if certain fundamental needs are satisfied by
means that are consistent with the public interest and in accord with
constitutional functions of governments. Among these needs are:

(1) Freedom of enterprise--freedom to develop new areas,
methods, products, and markets inaccordance with sound economic
principles, as well as freedom from unnecessary administrative
or legal restrictions that unreasonably conflict with or ignore
economic needs;

(2) Protection of opportunity- -maintenance of an econonnic
atmosphere in which domestic production and processing can
prosper; protection from subsidized competing products; protection
of opportunity to fish on the high seas in accordance with inter-
national law;

(3) Assistance- -assistance consistent with that provided by the
Government for industry generally, such as is involved in promoting
good industrial relations, fair trade standards, harmonious labor
relations, better health standards and sanitation; and including,
but not limited to--

(a) services to provide current information on production and
trade, market promotion and development, and an extension
service,

(b) research services for economic and technologic develop-
ment and resource conservation, and

(c) resource management to assure the maximum sustainable
production for the fisheries.

The Congress further declares that the provisions of sections
742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title are necessary in order to
accomplish the objective of proper resource development, and that
such sections shall be administered with due regard to the inherent
right of every citizen and resident of the United States to engage in
fishing for his own pleasure, enjoyment, and betterment, and with
the intent of maintaining and increasing the public opportunities for
recreational use of our fish and wildlife resources, and stimulating
the development of a strong, prosperous, and thriving fishery and
fish processing industry. (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 2, 70 Stat.
1119.)

[Short Title]

Section 1 of act Aug. 8, 1956, provided that such act, which enacted
sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, and amended
section 713c-3(e) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, shall be
popularly known as the "Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956".

Sec. 742b, United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

(a) Establishment; Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and
Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife; Bureau of Commercial
Fisheries and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife.

There is established within the Department of the Interior the
position of Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, and the position
of Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife. Such Assistant Secretary shall
be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of
the Senate, and shall be compensated at the same rate as other
Assistant Secretaries. The Commissioner shall be appointed by the
President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. There is
also established a United States Fish and Wildlife Service within the
Department, consisting of two separate agencies, each of which shall
have the status of a Federal bureau. There shall be a Director of
each of said Bureaus appointed by the Secretary. One of the agencies
shall be known as the "Bureau of Commercial Fisheries" and the
other agency shall be known as the "Bureau of Sport Fisheries and

Wildlife." The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, except as
prescribed by sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, shall
succeed to and replace the presently existing Fish and Wildlife
Service of the Department.

(b) Administration and supervision.

The functions of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service hereby
established shall be administered under the supervision of the said
Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, who shall be subject to the
supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife.

(c) Functions and responsibilities of Secretary of the Interior.

All functions and responsibilities placed in the Departraent
of the Interior or any official thereof by sections 742a- 742d, and
742e-742j of this title shall be included among the functions and
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, as the head of the
Department, and shall be carried out under his direction pursuant
to such procedures or delegations of authority as he may deem
advisable and in the public interest.

(d) Distribution of functions, powers and duties of former Fish and
Wildlife Service.

In order to make a proper distribution between the two Bureaus
of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by sections
742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, the previously existing
functions, powers, duties, authority, liabilities, commitments, per-
sonnel, records, and other properties or matters previously handled
by or administered through the former Fish and Wildlife Service of
the Department, shall be distributed as follows:

(1) The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries shall be responsible
for those matters to which sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of
this title apply relating primarily to commercial fisheries, whales,
seals, and sea-lions, and related matters;

(2) The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife shall be respon-
sible for those matters to which sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j
of this title apply relating primarily to migratory birds, game
management, wildlife refuges, sport fisheries, sea mammals
(except whales, seals and sea-lions), and related matters; and the
funds and allocations, appropriated or otherwise, relating to the
matters covered by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall
be distributed between such Bureaus as the Secretary of the
Interior shall determine.

(e) Rules and regulations.

Except as changed by the terms of sections 742a-742d, and 742e-
742j of this title or by subsequent laws or regulations, all laws and
regulations now in effect relating to matters heretofore administered
by the Department of the Interior through the former Fish and Wildlife
Service as heretofore existing, shall remain in effect.

(f) Administrative procedures.

In recognition of the need for authority to execute the purposes
of sections 742a- 742d, and 742e-742j of this title effectively, the
Secretary of the Interior shall exercise such general administrative
authority consistently with the terms of such sections as he shall
find to be necessary to carry out the provisions of such sections
effectively and in the public interest. Inorder to allow sufficient time
to place the reorganizations under such sections into effect, the
Secretary is authorized to establish an effective procedure and date
of such reorganizations, notice of which shall be published in the
Federal Register. Such reorganizations shall be accomplished as
soon as practicable after August 8, 1956, but not later than ninety
(90) calendar days after August 8, 1956. (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036,
Sec. 3, 70Stat. 1120; Oct. 4, 1961, Pub. L. 87-367, title I, Sec. 103(14),
75 Stat. 788; Oct. 11, 1962, Pub. L. 87-793, Sec. 607(a)(5), 76 Stat.
849.)

[Amendments ]

[1962--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-793 eliminated provisions which
authorized the Commissioner to receive compensation at the same
rate as that provided for grade GS-18.

[I96l--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 87-367 deleted "at Grades GS-17
each" following "by the Secretary."]

[Effective Date of 1962 Amendment]

Repeal of provisions of subsec. (a) of this section by Pub. L.
87-793 effective on the first day of the first pay period which
begins on or after Oct. 1 1, 1962, see section 6l 0 of Pub. L. 87-793,
set out as a note under section 1105 of Title 5, Executive Depart-
ments and Government Officers and Employees.

[Savings Provisions]

Positions existing prior to Oct. 4, 1961, compensation and
appointments thereto unaffected by changes made by Pub. L. 87-367
and positions in grades 16, 17 and 18 of the General Schedule of
the Classification Act of 1949 prior to Oct. 4, 1961 to remain in
respective grades, until appropriate action is taken under Title I
of Pub. L,. 87-367 and section 1105 of Title 5, see section 104 of
Pub. L. 87-367, set out as a note under section 1105 of Title 5,
Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees.

[Grade of Commissioner]

Placement of position of Commissioner in appropriate grade of
the General Schedule, see section 608 of Pub. L. 87-793, set out
as a note under section 2521 of Title 42, The Public Health and
Welfare.

Sec. 742c. Loans for financing or refinancing of cost of purchasing,
constructing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, or op-
erating connmercial fishing vessels or gear.

(a) Authorization.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, under such rules
and regulations and under such terms and conditions as he may-
prescribe, to make loans for financing or refinancing of the cost of
purchasing, constructing, equipping, maintaining, repairing, or op-
erating new or used commercial fishing vessels or gear.

(b) Conditions.

Any loans made under the provisions of this section shall be
subject to the following restrictions:

(1) Bear an interest rate of not less than (a) a rate determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the
average market yield on outstanding Treasury obligations of
comparable maturity, plus (b) such additional charge, if any,
toward covering other costs of the program as the Secretary may
determine to be consistent with its purpose;

(2) Mature in not more than ten years;

(3) No financial assistance shall be extended pursuant to this
section unless reasonable financial assistance applied for is not
otherwise available on reasonable terms.

(4) Loans shall be approved only upon the furnishing of such
security or other reasonable assurance of repayment as the
Secretary may require considering the objectives of this section
which are to upgrade commercial fishing vessels and gear and to
provide reasonable financial assistance not otherwise available to
commercial fishermen. The proposed collateral for a loan must
be of such a nature that, when considered with the integrity and
ability of the management, and the applicant' s past and prospective
earnings, repayment of the loan will be reasonably assured.

(5) The applicant shall possess the ability, experience, resources,
and other qualifications necessary to enable him to operate and
maintain new or used commercial fishing vessels or gear.

(6) Before the Secretary approves a loan for the purchase or
construction of a new or used vessel which will not replace an
existing commercial fishing vessel, he shall determine that the
applicant's contemplated operation of such vessel in a fishery
will not cause economic hardship or injury to the efficient vessel
operators already operating in that fishery.

(7) An applicant for a fishery loanmustbe a citizen of the United
States.

(8) The United States citizenship of each applicant shall be
established within the meaning of section 80Z of Title 46, to the
satisfaction of the Secretary.

(c) Fisheries loan fund; interest payments on appropriations avail-
able as capital to the fund less average undispersed cash
balance.

There is created a fisheries loan fund, which shall be used by
the Secretary as a revolving fund to make loans for financing and
refinancing under this section. Any funds received by the Secretary
on or before June 30, 1970, in payment of principal or interest on
any loans so made shall be deposited in the fund and be available for

making additional loans under this section. The Secretary shall pay
from the fund into the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury, at
the close of each fiscal year, interest on the cumulative amount of
appropriations available as capital to the fund from and after July 1,
1965, less the average undispersed cash balance in the fund during
the year. The rate of such interest shall be determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the average
market yield during the month preceding each fiscal year on out-
standing Treasury obligations of maturity comparable to the average
maturity of loans made from the fund. Interest payments may be
deferred with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury, but any
interest payments so deferred shall themselves bear interest. Any
funds received in the fisheries loan fund after June 30, 1970, and
any balance remaining therein at the close of June 30, 1970 (at
which time the fund shall cease to exist), shall be covered into the
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. There is authorized to be
appropriated to the fisheries loan fund the sum of $20,000,000 to
provide initial capital.

(d) Modification of loan contract.

The Secretary, subject to the specific limitations in this
section, may consent to the modification, with respect to the rate of
interest, time of payment of any installment of principal, or security,
of any loan contract to which he is a party.

(e) Chartering vessels; loans to Alaskan earthquake victims;
termination date.

The Secretary is authorized under such terms and conditions
and pursuant to regulations prescribed by him to use the funds
appropriated under this section to make loans to commercial fisher-
men for the purpose of chartering fishing vessels pending the
construction or repair of vessels lost, destroyed, or damaged
by the earthquake of March 27, 1964, and subsequent tidal waves
related thereto: Provided, That any loans made under this subsection
shall only be repaid from the net profits of the operations of such
chartered vessels, which profits shall be reducedby such reasonable
amount as determined by the Secretary for the salary of the fisher-
men chartering such vessels. The funds authorized herein shall not
be available for such loans after June 30, 1966. (Aug. 8, 1956, ch.
1036, Sec 4, 70 Stat. 1121; Sept. 2, 1958, Pub. L. 85-888, 72 Stat.
1710; May20, 1964, Pub. L. 88-309, Sec. 9, 78 Stat. 199; July 24, 1965,
Pub. L. 89-85, Sees. 1-4, 79 Stat. 262.)

[Amendments ]

1 965- -Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89- 85, Section 1 , substituted "financing
or refinancing of the cost of purchasing, constructing, equipping,
maintaining, repairing, or operating new or used commercial
fishing vessels or gear" for "financing and refinancing of op-
erations, maintenance, replacement, repair, and equipment of
fishing gear and vessels" and deleted provision for research into
basic problems of fisheries.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-85, Sections 2,3, substituted in par. (1)
provision respecting determination of interest rate taking into
consideration average market yield on outstanding Treasury
obligations of comparable maturity plus additional charge toward

coverage of other costs of the program for former provision pre-
scribing an interest rate of not less than 3 per centum per annum
and added pars. (4)-{8), respectively.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-85, Section 4, extended the term for
making fisheries loans from June 30, 1965 to June 30, 1970, re-
quired the Secretary to pay at the end of each fiscal year into the
miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury interest on the cumulative
amount of appropriations available as capital to the fund after
July 1, 1965, less the average undispersed cash balance in the fund
during the year, provided formula for determination of rate of
interest, and authorized the deferral of interest payments but with
payment of interest on deferred payments.

1964--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 88-309 added subsec. (e).

1958--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 85-888 increased authorization for
$10,000,000 to $20,000,000.

[Effective Date of 1965 Amendment: Remaining Funds:]
Availability for Loans

Section 5 of Pub. L. 89-85 provided that: "The provisions of
this Act [amending this section] shall be effective July 1, 1965.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4(c) of the Fish and
Wildlife Act of 1956, as amended, [subsec. (c) of this section], any
balance remaining in the fisheries loan fund at the close of June 30,
1965, shall be available to make loans for the purposes of section
4 of said Act [this section] from July 1, 1965, to the close of
June 30, 1970."

Sec. 742d. Investigations; preparation and dissemination of infor-
mation; reports.

The Secretary shall conduct continuing investigations, prepare
and disseminate information, and make periodical reports to the
public, to the President, and to Congress, with respect to the following
matters:

(1) The production and flow to market of fish and fishery products
domestically produced, and also those produced by foreign pro-
ducers which affect the domestic fisheries;

(2) The availability and abundance and the biological requirements
of the fish and wildlife resources;

(3) The competitive economic position of the various fish and
fishery products with respect to each other, and with respect
to competitive domestic and foreign-produced commodities;

(4) The collection and dissemination of statistics on commercial
and sport fishing;

(5) The collection and dissemination of statistics on the nature
and availability of wildlife, progress in acquisition of additional
refuges and measures being taken to foster a coordinated program
to encourage and develop wildlife values;

(6) The improvement of production and marketing practices
in regard to commercial species and the conduct of educational
and extension services relative to commercial and sport fishing,
and wildlife matters;

(7) Any other matters which in the judgment of the Secretary
are of public interest in connection with any phases of fish and
wildlife operations.

(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036. Sec. 5, 70 Stat. 1121.)

Sec. 742e. Transfer of functions, personnel, property, facilities,
records, and funds; cooperation with other governmental
agencies.

(a) There shall be transferred to the Secretary all functions of
the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the
head of any other department or agency, as determined by the Director
of the Bureau of the Budget to relate primarily to the development,
advancement, management, conservation, and protection of com-
mercial fisheries; but nothing in this section shall be construed to
modify the authority of the Department of State or the Secretary of
State to negotiate or enter into any international agreements, or
conventions with respect to the development, management, or protec-
tion of any fisheries and wildlife resources or with respect to inter-
national commissions operating under conventions to which the
United States is a party.

(b) There shall be transferred to the Department of the Interior
so much of the personnel, property, facilities, records, and unex-
pended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds
(available or to be made available) as the Director of the Bureau of
the Budget determines to be necessary in connection with the exercise
of any functions transferred to the Secretary pursuant to subsection
(a) of this section.

(c) The Secretary may request and secure the advice or assistance
of any department or agency of the Government in carrying out the
provisions of sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, and any
such department or agency which furnishes advice or assistance to
the Secretary may expend its own funds for such purposes, with or
without reimbursement from the Secretary as may be agreed upon
between the Secretary and the Department or agency. (Aug. 8, 1956,
ch. 1036, Sec. 6, 70 Stat. 1122.)

[Fishing Vessel Insurance]

Secretary of Interior authorized to exercise authority in rela-
tion to issuance of insurance on fishing vessels comparable to
authority of Secretary of Commerce under Merchant Marine Act
of 1936, as amended, see "Secretary of Interior; Fishing Vessel
Insurance" note, set out under section 1275 of Title 46, Shipping.

Sec. 742f. Policies, procedures, and recommendations.

(a) The Secretary of the Interior, with such advice and assistance
as he may require from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife,
shall consider and determine the policies and procedures that are
necessary and desirable in carrying out efficiently and in the public
interest the laws relating to fish and wildlife. The Secretary, with the
assistance of the departmental staff herein authorized, shall--

(1) develop and recommend measures which are appropriate to
assure the maximum sustainable production of fish and fishery
products and to prevent unnecessary and excessive fluctuations
in such production;

(2) study the economic condition of the industry, and whenever
he determines that any segment of the domestic fisheries has been
seriously disturbed either by wide fluctuation in the abundance of
the resource supporting it, or by unstable market or fishing con-
ditions or due to any other factors he shall make such recommenda-
tions to the President and the Congress as he deems appropriate
to aid in stabilizing the domestic fisheries;

(3) develop and recommend special promotional and informational
activities with a view to stimulating the consumption of fishery
products whenever he determines that there is a prospective or
actual surplus of such products;

(4) take such steps as may be required for the development,
advancement, management, conservation, and protection of the
fisheries resources; and

(5) take such steps as may be required for the development,
management, advancement, conservation, and protection of wildlife
resources through research, acquisition of refuge lands, develop-
ment of existing facilities, and other means.

(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 7, 70 Stat. 1122.)

[Codification]

Section was enacted without a subsection (b).

Sec. 742g. Cooperation with State Department; representation at
international meetings; consultations.

(a) The Secretary shall cooperate to the fullest practicable extent
with the Secretary of State in providing representation at all meetings
and conferences relating to fish and wildlife in which representatives
of the United States and foreign countries participate.

The Secretary of State shall designate the Secretary of the
Interior or the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife or a person
designated by the Secretary of the Interior to represent the Depart-
ment of the Interior, as a member of the United States delegation
attending such meetings and conferences and also as a member of
the negotiating team of any such delegation.

(b) The Secretary of State and all other officials having respon-
sibilities in the fields of technical and economic aid to foreign nations
shall consult with the Secretary in all cases in which the interests
of fish and wildlife are involved, with a view to assuring that such
interests are adequately represented at all times.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall
be represented in all international negotiations conducted by the
United States pursuant to section 1351 of Title 19, in any case in which
fish products are directly affected by such negotiations.

(d) The Secretary shall consult periodically with the various
governmental, private nonprofit, and other organizations and agencies
which have to do with any phase of fish and wildlife with respect to
any problems that may arise in connection with such fish and wildlife,
(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 8, 70 Stat. 1123.)

Sec. 742h. Reports to Congress and the President.

(a) The Secretary of the Interior shall make an annual report to
the Congress with respect to activities of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service under sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title,
and shall make such recommendations for additional legislation as he
deems necessary.

(b) The Secretary is authorized to make a report to the President
and the Congress, and, when requested by the United States Tariff
Commission in connection with section 1364 of Title 19, or when an
investigation is made under the Tariff Act of 1930, the Secretary is
authorized to make a report to such Commission, concerning the
following matters with respect to any fishery product which is im-
ported into the United States, or such reports may be made upon a
request from any segment of the domestic industry producing a like
or directly competitive product--

(1) whether there has been a downward trend in the production,
employment in the production, or prices, or a decline in the sales,
of the like or directly competitive product by the domestic industry;
and

(2) whether there has been an increase in the imports of the
fishery products into the United States, either actual or relative
to the production of the like or directly competitive product pro-
duced by the domestic industry.

(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec 9, 70 Stat. 1123.)

[References in Text]

Section 1364 of Title 19, referred toinsubsec. (b), was repealed
by Pub. L. 87-794, title II, Section 257(e)(1), Oct. 11, 1962, 76
Stat. 882.

The Tariff Act of 1930, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified
to chapter 4 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

Sec. 742i. Effect on rights of States and international commissions.

Nothing in sections 742a- 742d, and 742e-742j of this title shall
be construed (1) to interfere in any manner with the rights of any
State under the Submerged Lands Act or otherwise provided by law,
or to supersede any regulatory authority over fisheries exercised
by the States either individually in any manner with the authority
exercised by any International Commission established under any
treaty or convention to which the United States is a party. (Aug. 8,
1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 10, 70 Stat. 1124.)

[References in Text]

The Submerged Lands Act, referred to in the text, is classified
to chapter 29 of Title 43, Public Lands.

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Sec. 742j. Appropriations.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 742a-742d,
and 742e-742j of this title. (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, Sec. 11, 70 Stat.
1124.)

Sec. 742k. Management and disposition of vessels and other prop-
erty accquired and arising out of fishery loans or re-
lated type of activities.

For the purpose of facilitating administration of, and protecting
the interest of the Government in, the fishery loan fund established by
section 742c of this title and any related type of activities relating to
fisheries for which the Department of the Interior is now or may
hereafter be responsible, the Secretary of the Interior, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, may hereafter administer, complete,
recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, maintain, operate, char-
ter, assign, or sell upon such terms and conditions as he may deem
most advantageous to the United States, any vessel, plant, or other
property acquired by him on behalf of the United States and arising
out of any fishery loan or any related type of activity by the Secretary
of the Interior. The Secretary may use any of the applicable funds
in each particular instance for the aforesaid purposes. (Pub. L. 87-
219, Sept. 13, 1961, 75 Stat. 493.)

This section was not enacted as a part of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 nor as
an amendment to it. The section pertains to section 4 of the Fish and Wildlife Act of
1956, however, and is codified with it.

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