Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a–742j)

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U.S.C. Title 16 - CONSERVATION

16 U.S.C.
United States Code, 2020 Edition
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 9 - FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
Sec. 742 - Omitted
From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§742. Omitted
Codification
Section, acts Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, §1, 36 Stat. 1436; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, §1, 37 Stat. 736, provided for
an acting Commissioner of Fisheries.
Transfer of Functions
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, §4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in the Appendix
to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce and its functions, and Bureau of
Biological Survey in Department of Agriculture and its functions, to Department of the Interior, to be
administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of the Interior.
Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, §3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and Bureau of Biological
Survey into one agency in Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. It was
further provided that functions of consolidated agency should be administered under direction and supervision
of Secretary of the Interior by a director and assistants, and that offices of Commissioner and Deputy
Commissioner of Fisheries and offices of Chief and Associate Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey should be
abolished and their functions transferred to consolidated agency.
The Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940 was succeeded by United States Fish
and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, §3, 70 Stat. 1119. See section 742b of this
title.
Ex. Ord. No. 9634. Establishment of Fishery Conservation Zones
Ex. Ord. No. 9634, Sept. 28, 1945, 10 F.R. 12305, provided in part:
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby
ordered that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time jointly recommend
the establishment by Executive orders of fishery conservation zones in areas of the high seas contiguous to the
coasts of the United States, pursuant to the proclamation entitled "Policy of the United States With Respect to
Coastal Fisheries in Certain Areas of the High Seas" [Proc. No. 2668, Sept. 28, 1945, 10 F.R. 12304], this day
signed by me, and said Secretaries shall in each case recommend provisions to be incorporated in such orders
relating to the administration, regulation and control of the fishery resources of and fishing activities in such
zones, pursuant to authority of law heretofore or hereafter provided.

Harry S Truman.      

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