2007 US Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 20 - NATIONAL FISHERIES CENTER AND AQUARIUM
Sec. 1052 - Authorization of Secretary of the Interior
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 20 - NATIONAL FISHERIES CENTER AND AQUARIUM Sec. 1052 - Authorization of Secretary of the Interior |
Contains | section 1052 |
Date | 2007 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 87-758, §2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 752. |
Statutes at Large References | 76 Stat. 752 80 Stat. 631 |
Public Law References | Public Law 87-758, Public Law 89-554 |
§1052. Authorization of Secretary of the Interior (a) Operation of Center and Aquarium
The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) shall operate the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium.
(b) Specimens and exhibits; catalogs and other printed matter and films, animations and photographic and other material; employment of experts, consultants, and organizations; use of auditorium and other areas; use of facilities by foreignersThe Secretary is further authorized to—
(1) construct, purchase or lease, and operate and maintain vessels for specimen collecting purposes and, without regard to section 5 of title 41, to contract for such collection of specimens and to purchase or exchange specimens and exhibit materials;
(2) prepare for free distribution or exhibit or to offer for sale at cost illustrated catalogs of specimens, brochures, and other printed matter and films, animations and photographic and other material pertaining to the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium and its objectives and to aquariums generally, all or any of which may be reproduced by any printing or other process without regard to existing regulations, the proceeds of sales to be covered into the United States Treasury;
(3) employ, as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, but at rates not to exceed per diem plus expenses, experts, consultants, or organizations thereof, as required to assist with the planning, design, construction, and operation of the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium;
(4) permit on such terms and conditions as he shall consider to be in the public interest the use of auditorium and other areas for meetings and exhibits of societies and groups whose purposes are related to fish and wildlife generally; and
(5) encourage the use of the educational and scientific facilities and equipment at the National Fisheries Center and Aquarium by individuals of any nation with which the United States maintains diplomatic relations and which extends similar use of its educational and scientific facilities and equipment to citizens of the United States.
(Pub. L. 87–758, §2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 752.)
CodificationIn subsec. (b)(3), “section 3109 of title 5” substituted for “section 15 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a)” 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.
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