2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 5 - Protection of Fur Seals and Other Fur-Bearing Animals
Sec. 659 - Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 659 (2019)
Section Name §659. Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed
Section Text

All Acts and parts of Acts making it unlawful to kill sea lions, as game animals or otherwise, in the waters of the Territory of Alaska are repealed.

Source Credit

(June 16, 1934, ch. 556, 48 Stat. 976; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(e), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 92–522, title I, §113(b), Oct. 21, 1972, 86 Stat. 1042.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1972—Pub. L. 92–522 struck out proviso prohibiting killing of sea lions in waters of Alaska except under rules and regulations prescribed by Secretary of the Interior.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce, and its functions and functions of Secretary of Commerce relating to protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals and supervision of Pribilof Islands and care of natives thereof, to Department of the Interior.

ADMISSION OF ALASKA AS STATE

Admission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by sections 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508, July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

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 5 - PROTECTION OF FUR SEALS AND OTHER FUR-BEARING ANIMALS
Sec. 659 - Sea lions; acts prohibiting killing repealed
Contains section 659
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition repealed
Statutes at Large References 48 Stat. 976
53 Stat. 1433
64 Stat. 1262
72 Stat. 339
86 Stat. 1042
Public Law References Public Law 85-508, Public Law 92-522
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