2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 15B - Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration
Sec. 941d - Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service programs related to Great Lakes fish and wildlife resources

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 941d (2019)
Section Name §941d. Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service programs related to Great Lakes fish and wildlife resources
Section Text

In administering programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service related to the Great Lakes Basin, the Director shall seek to achieve the following goals:

(1) Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fish and wildlife resources.

(2) Minimizing the impacts of contaminants on fishery and wildlife resources.

(3) Protecting, maintaining, and, where degraded and destroyed, restoring fish and wildlife habitat, including the enhancement and creation of wetlands that result in a net gain in the amount of those habitats.

(4) Stopping illegal activities adversely impacting fishery and wildlife resources.

(5) Restoring threatened and endangered species to viable, self-sustaining levels.

(6) Protecting, managing, and conserving migratory birds.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 101–537, title I, §1006, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2373; Pub. L. 101–646, title II, §2006, 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, §5, Oct. 11, 2006, 120 Stat. 1764.)

Editorial Notes CODIFICATION

Title I of Pub. L. 101–537 and title II of Pub. L. 101–646 enacted identical sections. Title II of Pub. L. 101–646 was repealed by Pub. L. 105–265.

AMENDMENTS

2006—Par. (1). Pub. L. 109–326 added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: "Restoring and maintaining self-sustaining fishery resource populations."

1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, §2006, which enacted this section.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 15B - GREAT LAKES FISH AND WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 941d - Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service programs related to Great Lakes fish and wildlife resources
Contains section 941d
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 2373, 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
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