2008 US Code
Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 15B - GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 941e - Establishment of offices
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 15B - GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION Sec. 941e - Establishment of offices |
Contains | section 941e |
Date | 2008 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 5, 2009 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 101-537, title I, §1007, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2374; Pub. L. 101-646, title II, §2007, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4777; Pub. L. 104-332, §2(h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4091; Pub. L. 105-265, §3(b), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2358; Pub. L. 109-326, §6, Oct. 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 1764. |
Statutes at Large References | 104 Stat. 2374, 4777 110 Stat. 4091 112 Stat. 2358 120 Stat. 1764 |
Public Law References | Public Law 101-537, Public Law 101-646, Public Law 104-332, Public Law 105-265, Public Law 109-326 |
§941e. Establishment of offices (a) Great Lakes Coordination Office (1) In general
The Director shall establish a centrally located facility for the coordination of all United States Fish and Wildlife Service activities in the Great Lakes Basin, to be known as the “Great Lakes Coordination Office”.
(2) Functional responsibilitiesThe functional responsibilities of the Great Lakes Coordination Office shall include—
(A) intra- and interagency coordination;
(B) information distribution; and
(C) public outreach.
(3) RequirementsThe Great Lakes Coordination Office shall—
(A) ensure that information acquired under this chapter is made available to the public; and
(B) report to the Director of Region 3, Great Lakes Big Rivers.
(b) Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office (1) In generalThe Director shall establish an office with necessary administrative and technical support services to carry out all United States Fish and Wildlife Service operational activities related to fishery resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement in the lower Great Lakes.
(2) Name and locationThe office shall be known as the “Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office”, and shall be centrally located in the lower Great Lakes so as to facilitate fishery resource restoration and enhancement activities relating to the lower Great Lakes.
(3) ResponsibilitiesThe responsibilities of the Lower Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office shall include operational activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement in the Lower Great Lakes.
(c) Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices (1) In generalThe Director shall establish one or more offices with necessary administrative and technical support services to carry out United States Fish and Wildlife Service operational activities related to fishery resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement in the upper Great Lakes.
(2) Name and locationEach of the offices shall be known as an “Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Office”, and shall be appropriately located so as to facilitate fishery resource activities in the upper Great Lakes.
(3) ResponsibilitiesThe responsibilities of the Upper Great Lakes Fishery Resources Offices shall include operational activities of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to fishery resource protection, restoration, maintenance, and enhancement in the Upper Great Lakes.
(Pub. L. 101–537, title I, §1007, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2374; Pub. L. 101–646, title II, §2007, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4777; Pub. L. 104–332, §2(h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4091; Pub. L. 105–265, §3(b), Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2358; Pub. L. 109–326, §6, Oct. 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 1764.)
CodificationTitle I of Pub. L. 101–537 and title II of Pub. L. 101–646 enacted substantially identical sections. Title II of Pub. L. 101–646 was repealed by Pub. L. 105–265.
Amendments2006—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–326, §6(1), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a). Text read as follows: “The Director shall establish a centrally located facility for the coordination of all United States Fish and Wildlife Service activities in the Great Lakes Basin, to be known as the ‘Great Lakes Coordination Office’. The functional responsibilities of the Great Lakes Coordination Office shall include intra- and interagency coordination, information distribution, and public awareness outreach. The Great Lakes Coordination Office shall include all administrative and technical support necessary to carry out its responsibilities.”
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–326, §6(2), designated first and second sentences of subsec. (b) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, inserted headings, and added par. (3).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–326, §6(3), designated first and second sentences of subsec. (c) as pars. (1) and (2), respectively, inserted headings, and added par. (3).
1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, §2007, which enacted this section.
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