The Whaling Convention Act

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16 USC CHAPTER 14, SUBCHAPTER II: WHALING CONVENTION ACT
From Title 16—CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 14—REGULATION OF WHALING

SUBCHAPTER II—WHALING CONVENTION ACT

§916. Definitions
When used in this subchapter—
(a) Convention: The word "convention" means the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling signed at
Washington under date of December 2, 1946, by the United States of America and certain other governments.
(b) Commission: The word "Commission" means the International Whaling Commission established by article III of
the convention.
(c) United States Commissioner: The words "United States Commissioner" mean the member of the International
Whaling Commission representing the United States of America appointed pursuant to article III of the convention and
section 916a of this title.
(d) Person: The word "person" denotes every individual, partnership, corporation, and association subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States.
(e) Vessel: The word "vessel" denotes every kind, type, or description of water craft or contrivance subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation.
(f) Factory ship: The words "factory ship" mean a vessel in which or on which whales are treated or processed,
whether wholly or in part.
(g) Land station: The words "land station" mean a factory on the land at which whales are treated or processed,
whether wholly or in part.
(h) Whale catcher: The words "whale catcher" mean a vessel used for the purpose of hunting, killing, taking, towing,
holding onto, or scouting for whales.
(i) Whale products: The words "whale products" mean any unprocessed part of a whale and blubber, meat, bones,
whale oil, sperm oil, spermaceti, meal, and baleen.
(j) Whaling: The word "whaling" means the scouting for, hunting, killing, taking, towing, holding onto, and flensing of
whales, and the possession, treatment, or processing of whales or of whale products.
(k) Regulations of the Commission: The words "regulations of the Commission" mean the whaling regulations in the
schedule annexed to and constituting a part of the convention in their original form or as modified, revised, or amended
by the Commission from time to time, in pursuance of article V of the convention.
(l) Regulations of the Secretary of Commerce: The words "regulations of the Secretary of Commerce" mean such
regulations as may be issued by the Secretary of Commerce, from time to time, in accordance with sections 916i and
916j of this title.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §2, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Short Title
Act Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §1, 64 Stat. 421, provided: "That this Act [enacting this subchapter] may be
cited as the 'Whaling Convention Act of 1949'."

Separability
Act Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §15, 64 Stat. 425, provided that: "If any provision of this Act [this subchapter]
or the application of such provisions to any circumstances or persons shall be held invalid, the validity of
the remainder of the Act and the applicability of such provision to other circumstances or persons shall
not be affected thereby."

Wildlife Sanctuary for Humpback Whales in West Indies
Pub. L. 99–630, Nov. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 3514, provided: "That the President shall, in concert with the
International Whaling Commission, seek a treaty or other appropriate international agreement
establishing a wildlife sanctuary for humpback whales in the West Indies, in the area encompassing the
Turks Islands, Mouchoir Passage, Silver Bank Passage, Navidad Bank, and such additional areas in the
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West Indies as may be necessary to ensure the protection of the breeding grounds of the humpback
whales."

Moratorium on Commercial Killing of Whales
Pub. L. 96–60, title IV, §405, Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 403, provided that:

"(a) The Congress finds and declares that—
"(1) whales are a unique marine resource of great esthetic and scientific interest to mankind and
are a vital part of the marine ecosystem;
"(2) the protection and conservation of whales are of particular interest to citizens of the United
States;
"(3) in 1971 the Congress adopted resolutions requesting the Secretary of State to negotiate a tenyear moratorium on the commercial killing of whales;
"(4) the United States, which effectively banned all commercial whaling by United States nationals
in December 1971, has sought an international moratorium on the commercial killing of whales since
1972;
"(5) the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment adopted a resolution in 1972
calling for a ten-year moratorium on commercial whaling;
"(6) the United Nations Governing Council for Environment Programs in 1973 and 1974 confirmed
such call for a ten-year moratorium, and the Council continues to support ongoing efforts relating to
whale conservation;
"(7) the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946, as implemented by
the International Whaling Commission, is not providing adequate protection to whales;
"(8) the data-gathering structure established under the International Whaling Commission has not
provided all the available data necessary for sound whale conservation;
"(9) there is strong evidence that the members of the International Whaling Commission continue
to import, in some instances in increasing amounts, whale products from countries not members of the
Commission; and
"(10) defects in the implementation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling
by the International Whaling Commission allow harvests of the declining whale species.
"(b) The Congress urges—
"(1) the International Whaling Commission to agree to a moratorium on the commercial killing of
whales; and
"(2) Brazil, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Norway, the Soviet Union, and the Republic of Korea, as
parties to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling and which still engage in
commercial whaling, and Chile, the People's Republic of China, Peru, Portugal, the Democratic
Republic of Korea, Spain, and Taiwan, as countries which are not parties to the Convention and which
still engage in commercial whaling, to recognize and comply voluntarily with a moratorium on the
commercial killing of whales, as endorsed by the United Nations Conference on the Human
Environment and the United Nations Governing Council for Environment Programs."
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
In subsec. (l), "Secretary of Commerce" substituted for "Secretary of the Interior" 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.

§916a. United States Commissioner
(a) Appointment
The United States Commissioner shall be appointed by the President, on the concurrent recommendations of the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, and shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
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(b) Deputy Commissioner
The President may appoint a Deputy United States Commissioner, on the concurrent recommendations of the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce. The Deputy United States Commissioner shall serve at the
pleasure of the President and shall be the principal technical adviser to the United States Commissioner, and shall be
empowered to perform the duties of the Commissioner in case of the death, resignation, absence, or illness of the
Commissioner.
(c) Compensation
The United States Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner, although officers of the United States Government,
shall receive no compensation for their services.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §3, 64 Stat. 421; 1970 Reorg. Plan. No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Alternate United States Commissioners
Secretary of State authorized to designate Alternate United States Commissioners, see sections 2672a

and 2672b of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916b. Acceptance or rejection by United States Government of regulations, etc.;
acceptance of reports, recommendations, etc., of Commission
The Secretary of State is authorized, with the concurrence of the Secretary of Commerce, to present or withdraw any
objections on behalf of the United States Government to such regulations or amendments of the schedule to the
convention as are adopted by the Commission and submitted to the United States Government in accordance with
article V of the convention. The Secretary of State is further authorized to receive on behalf of the United States
Government reports, requests, recommendations, and other communications of the Commission, and to act thereon
either directly or by reference to the appropriate authority.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §4, 64 Stat. 422; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916c. Unlawful acts
(a) Whaling, transporting, or selling violations; records; reports
It shall be unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States (1) to engage in whaling in violation
of the convention or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of
Commerce; (2) to ship, transport, purchase, sell, offer for sale, import, export, or have in possession any whale or
whale products taken or processed in violation of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this
subchapter, or of any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce; (3) to fail to make, keep, submit, or furnish any record
or report required of him by the convention, or by any regulation of the Commission, or by any regulation of the
Secretary of Commerce, or to refuse to permit any officer authorized to enforce the convention, the regulations of the
Commission, this subchapter, and the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce, to inspect such record or report at
any reasonable time.
(b) Acts of commission or omission
It shall be unlawful for any person or vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to do any act prohibited or
to fail to do any act required by the convention, or by this subchapter, or by any regulation adopted by the Commission,
or by any regulation of the Secretary of Commerce.
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(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §5, 64 Stat. 422; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Emergency Assistance for Subsistence Whale Hunters
Pub. L. 107–372, title IV, §403, Dec. 19, 2002, 116 Stat. 3102, provided that: "Notwithstanding any
provision of law, the use of a vessel to tow a whale taken in a traditional subsistence whale hunt
permitted by Federal law and conducted in waters off the coast of Alaska is authorized, if such towing is
performed upon a request for emergency assistance made by a subsistence whale hunting organization
formally recognized by an agency of the United States Government, or made by a member of such an
organization, to prevent the loss of a whale."
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916d. Licenses
(a) Issuance
No person shall engage in whaling without first having obtained an appropriate license or scientific permit. Such
licenses shall be issued by the Secretary of Commerce or such officer of the Department of Commerce as may be
designated by him: Provided, That the Secretary, in his discretion and by appropriate regulation, may waive the
payment of any license fee or the requirement that a license first be obtained, in connection with the salvage of any
"Dauhval" or unclaimed dead whale found floating or stranded.
(b) Licenses and fees required
The following licenses and fees shall be required for each calendar year or any fraction thereof and shall be
nontransferable except under such conditions as may be prescribed by the Secretary:
(1) Land-station license for primary processing of whales, $250.
(2) Land-station license for secondary processing of parts of whales delivered to it by a land station licensed as a
primary processor, $100.
(3) Factory-ship license for primary processing of whales delivered by whale catchers, $250.
(4) License for any vessel used exclusively for transporting whale products from a factory ship to a port during the
whaling season, $100.
(5) Whale-catcher license, $100.
(c) Disposition of fees
All moneys derived from the issuance of whaling licenses shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States,
and no license fee shall be refunded by reason of the failure of any person to whom a license has been issued to utilize
the facility in whaling for which such license was issued.
(d) Application; conditions precedent
Any person, in making application for a license to operate a whale catcher, must furnish evidence or affidavit
satisfactory to the Secretary of Commerce that, in addition to conforming to other applicable laws and regulations, (1)
the whale catcher is adequately equipped and competently manned to engage in whaling in accordance with the
provisions of the convention, the regulations of the Commission, and the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce; (2)
gunners and crews will be compensated on some basis that does not depend primarily on the number of whales taken;
and (3) no bonus or other partial remuneration with relation to the number of whales taken shall be paid to gunners and
crews in respect of the taking of any whales, the taking of which is prohibited.
(e) Additional conditions
Any person, in making application for a license to operate a land station or a factory ship must furnish evidence or
affidavits to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Commerce that, in addition to conforming to other applicable laws and
regulations, such land station or factory ship is adequately equipped to comply with provisions of the convention, of the
regulations of the Commission, and of the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce with respect to the processing of
whales or the manufacture of whale products.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §6, 64 Stat. 422; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Refund of License Fees Paid Under Subchapter I of This Chapter
Act Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §16, 64 Stat. 425, provided in part that the Secretary of the Interior is
authorized to refund any part of a license fee paid under former section 908 of this title that is in excess of
the license fee required under this section.
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916e. Failure to keep returns, records, reports
Any person who fails to make, keep, or furnish any catch return, statistical record, or any report that may be required
by the convention, or by any regulation of the Commission, or by this subchapter, or by a regulation of the Secretary of
Commerce, or any person who furnishes a false return, record, or report, upon conviction, shall be subject to such fine
as may be imposed by the court not to exceed $500, and shall in addition be prohibited from whaling, processing, or
possessing whales and whale products from the date of conviction until such time as any delinquent return, record, or
report shall have been submitted or any false return, record, or report shall have been replaced by a duly certified
correct and true return, record, or report to the satisfaction of the court. The penalties imposed by section 916f of this
title shall not be invoked for failure to comply with requirements respecting returns, records, and reports.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §7, 64 Stat. 423; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916f. Violations; fines and penalties
Except as to violations defined in clause 3 of subsection (a) of section 916c of this title, any person violating any
provision of the convention, or of any regulation of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of any regulation of the
Secretary of Commerce upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or be imprisoned not more than one
year, or both. In addition the court may prohibit such person from whaling for such period of time as it may determine,
and may order forfeited, in whole or in part, the whales taken by such person in whaling during the season, or the
whale products derived therefrom or the monetary value thereof. Such forfeited whales or whale products shall be
disposed of in accordance with the direction of the court.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §8, 64 Stat. 423; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916g. Enforcement
(a) Enforcement officers; arrests; search and seizure of vessels; disposal of property
Any duly authorized enforcement officer or employee of the Department of Commerce; any Coast Guard officer; any
United States marshal or deputy United States marshal; any customs officer; and any other person authorized to
enforce the provisions of the convention, the regulations of the Commission, this subchapter, and the regulations of the
Secretary of Commerce, shall have power, without warrant or other process but subject to the provisions of the
convention, to arrest any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States committing in his presence or view a
violation of the convention or of this subchapter, or of the regulations of the Commission, or of the regulations of the
Secretary of Commerce and to take such person immediately for examination before a justice or judge or any other
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official designated in section 3041 of title 18; and shall have power, without warrant or other process, to search any
vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or land station when he has reasonable cause to believe that
such vessel or land station is engaged in whaling in violation of the provisions of the convention or this subchapter or
the regulations of the Commission, or the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce. Any person authorized to enforce
the provisions of the convention, this subchapter, the regulations of the Commission, or the regulations of the Secretary
of Commerce shall have power to execute any warrant or process issued by an officer or court of competent
jurisdiction for the enforcement of this subchapter, and shall have power with a search warrant to search any vessel,
person, or place at any time. The judges of the United States district courts and the United States magistrate judges
may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all
such cases. Subject to the provisions of the convention, any person authorized to enforce the convention, this
subchapter, the regulations of the Commission, and the regulations of the Secretary of Commerce may seize,
whenever and wherever lawfully found, all whales or whale products taken, processed, or possessed contrary to the
provisions of the convention, of this subchapter of the regulations of the Commission, or of the regulations of the
Secretary of Commerce.
Any property so seized shall not be disposed of except pursuant to the order of a court of competent jurisdiction or
the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, or, if perishable, in the manner prescribed by regulations of the
Secretary of Commerce.
(b) Stay of execution upon posting of bond; bond requirements
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2464 of title 28, when a warrant of arrest or other process in rem is issued
in any cause under this section, the marshal or other officer shall stay the execution of such process, or discharge any
property seized if the process has been levied, on receiving from the claimant of the property a bond or stipulation for
double the value of the property with sufficient surety to be approved by a judge of the district court having jurisdiction,
conditioned to deliver the property seized, if condemned, without impairment in value or, in the discretion of the court,
to pay its equivalent value in money or otherwise to answer the decree of the court in such cause. Such bond or
stipulation shall be returned to the court and judgment thereon against both the principal and sureties may be
recovered in event of any breach of the conditions thereof as determined by the court.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §9, 64 Stat. 423; Pub. L. 90–578, title IV, §402(b)(2), Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118; 1970 Reorg.
Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090; Pub. L. 101–650, title III, §321, Dec. 1, 1990, 104 Stat.
5117.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name
"United States magistrate judges" substituted for "United States magistrates" in subsec. (a) pursuant to
section 321 of Pub. L. 101–650, set out as a note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial
Procedure. Previously, "United States magistrates" substituted for "United States commissioners" in
subsec. (a) pursuant to Pub. L. 90–578. See chapter 43 (§631 et seq.) of Title 28.

Transfer of Functions
For transfer of authorities, functions, personnel, and assets of the Coast Guard, including the
authorities and functions of the Secretary of Transportation relating thereto, to the Department of
Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of
Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November
25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, consisting of Bureau of Commercial Fisheries and Bureau of
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, succeeded and replaced Fish and Wildlife Service of Department of the
Interior under provisions of Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, as originally provided in section 742b(a) and (d)
of this title.
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
In subsec. (a), "Department of Commerce" substituted for "United States Fish and Wildlife Service of
the Department of the Interior" and "Secretary of Commerce" for "Secretary of the Interior", see note set
out under section 916 of this title.

§916h. Cooperation between Federal and State and private agencies and
organizations in scientific and other programs
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(a) Agency cooperation
In order to avoid duplication in scientific and other programs, the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the
agency, institution, or organization concerned, may direct the United States Commissioner to arrange for the
cooperation of agencies of the United States Government, and of State and private institutions and organizations in
carrying out the provisions of article IV of the convention.
(b) Authorization for Federal agency cooperation
All agencies of the Federal Government are authorized, on request of the Commission, to cooperate in the conduct
of scientific and other programs, or to furnish facilities and personnel for the purpose of assisting the Commission in the
performance of its duties as prescribed by the convention.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §10, 64 Stat. 424.)

§916i. Taking of whales for biological experiments
Nothing contained in this subchapter shall prevent the taking of whales and the conducting of biological experiments
at any time for purposes of scientific investigation in accordance with scientific permits and regulations issued by the
Secretary of Commerce or shall prevent the Commission from discharging its duties as prescribed by the convention.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §11, 64 Stat. 424; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916j. Allocation of responsibility for administration and enforcement
(a) Administration and general enforcement
The Secretary of Commerce is authorized and directed to administer and enforce all of the provisions of this
subchapter and regulations issued pursuant thereto and all of the provisions of the convention and of the regulations of
the Commission, except to the extent otherwise provided for in this subchapter, in the convention, or in the regulations
of the Commission. In carrying out such functions he is authorized to adopt such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out the purposes and objectives of the convention, the regulations of the Commission, this subchapter, and with
the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to cooperate with the duly authorized officials of the government of any party
to the convention.
(b) Enforcement relating to whaling vessels
Enforcement activities under the provisions of this subchapter relating to vessels engaged in whaling and subject to
the jurisdiction of the United States primarily shall be the responsibility of the Secretary of the Treasury in cooperation
with the Secretary of Commerce.
(c) Enforcement by officers and employees of coastal States
The Secretary of Commerce may authorize officers and employees of the coastal States of the United States to
enforce the provisions of the convention, or of the regulations of the Commission, or of this subchapter, or of the
regulations of the Secretary of Commerce. When so authorized such officers and employees may function as Federal
law-enforcement officers for the purposes of this subchapter.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §12, 64 Stat. 425; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916k. Regulations; submission; publication; effectiveness
Regulations of the Commission approved and effective in accordance with section 916b of this title and article V of
the convention shall be submitted for appropriate action or publication in the Federal Register by the Secretary of
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Commerce and shall become effective with respect to all persons and vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States in accordance with the terms of such regulations and the provisions of article V of the convention.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §13, 64 Stat. 425; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of
1970, see note set out under section 916 of this title.

§916l. Authorization of appropriations
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the convention and of this subchapter,
including (1) contributions to the Commission for the United States share of any joint expenses of the Commission
agreed by the United States and any of the other contracting governments, and (2) the expenses of the United States
Commissioner and his staff, including (a) personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to
the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; (b) travel expenses without regard to
subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 and section 5731(a) of title 5; (c) transportation of things, communication services;
(d) rent of offices; (e) printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44, and section 6101 of title 41; (f)
stenographic and other services by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to section 6101 of title 41; (g)
supplies and materials; (h) equipment; (i) purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, motor vehicles
(including passenger-carrying vehicles), boats, and research vessels.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 653, §14, 64 Stat. 425.)
Editorial Notes

Codification
In par. 2(a), "chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5" substituted for "the Classification Act of
1923, as amended" on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, §7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631 (the first section of
which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees), and of section 1106(a) of act Oct. 28,
1949, ch. 782, title XI, 63 Stat. 972, which provided that references in other laws to the Classification Act of
1923 shall be considered to mean the Classification Act of 1949.
In par. 2(b), "subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 and section 5731(a) of title 5" substituted for "the Travel
Expense Act of 1949 and section 10 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 73b)" on authority of
Pub. L. 89–554, §7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5.
In par. 2(e), "section 501 of title 44 and section 6101 of title 41" substituted for "section 11 of the Act of
March 1, 1919 (U.S.C., title 44, sec. 111), and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5)"
on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, §2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, which Act enacted Title 44, Public
Printing and Documents, and Pub. L. 111–350, §6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title
41, Public Contracts.
In par. 2(f), "section 6101 of title 41" substituted for "section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41,
sec. 5)" on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, §6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41,
Public Contracts.

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