2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 9A - Preservation of Fishery Resources (Sections 755 - 760l)
Sec. 756 - Investigations, surveys, and experiments; construction and installation of conservation devices, etc.
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 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 9A - PRESERVATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES Sec. 756 - Investigations, surveys, and experiments; construction and installation of conservation devices, etc. |
| Contains | section 756 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 11, 1938, ch. 193, §2, 52 Stat. 345; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 883, §1, 60 Stat. 932; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090. |
| Statutes at Large References | 52 Stat. 345 53 Stat. 1433 60 Stat. 932 84 Stat. 2090 |
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The Secretary of Commerce is further authorized and directed (1) to conduct such investigations, and such engineering and biological surveys and experiments, as may be necessary to direct and facilitate conservation of the fishery resources of the Columbia River and its tributaries; (2) to construct and install devices in the Columbia River Basin for the improvement of feeding and spawning conditions for fish, for the protection of migratory fish from irrigation projects, and for facilitating free migration of fish over obstructions; and (3) to perform all other activities necessary for the conservation of fish in the Columbia River Basin in accordance with law.
(May 11, 1938, ch. 193, §2, 52 Stat. 345; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 883, §1, 60 Stat. 932; 1970 Reorg. Plan No. 4, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090.)
AMENDMENTS1946—Act Aug. 8, 1946, struck out requirement to maintain conservation devices, etc.
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONSTransfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior and prior transfers, see note set out under section 755 of this title.
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