2020 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 9A - Preservation of Fishery Resources
Sec. 756 - Investigations, surveys, and experiments; construction and installation of conservation devices, etc.

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 756 (2020)
Section Name §756. Investigations, surveys, and experiments; construction and installation of conservation devices, etc.
Section Text

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.

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.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

1946—Act Aug. 8, 1946, struck out requirement to maintain conservation devices, etc.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior and prior transfers, see note set out under section 755 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 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 2020
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 13, 2021
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 52 Stat. 345
53 Stat. 1433
60 Stat. 932
84 Stat. 2090
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