16-U.S.C.-941D
§941D – Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service Programs Related to Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Resources
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- Reference: Section 941d
- Legend: §941D – Goals of United States Fish and Wildlife Service Programs Related to Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Resources
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
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.
(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.)
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 L. 101–646 was repealed by Pub.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.
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