Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

16 U.S.C. § 709a

Authorization of appropriations

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and to accomplish the purposes of said conventions and of this subchapter and regulations made pursuant thereto, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized out of such moneys to employ in the city of Washington and elsewhere such persons and means as he may deem necessary for such purpose and may cooperate with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds and make the necessary investigations connected therewith.

July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 9June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 549 Stat. 155653 Stat. 1433(, as added , ; amended 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, .)

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Act June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 549 Stat. 1556section 703 of this title, , provided in part that this section is effective as of the day aforesaid (). See Effective Date of 1936 Amendment note set out under .

Availability of Funds

Act June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 649 Stat. 1557

“That all moneys now or hereafter available for administration and enforcement of said Act approved [this subchapter], shall be equally available for the administration and enforcement of said Act as hereby amended.”
, , provided:

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

section 706 of this titleFor transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department of the Interior under this subchapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see Transfer of Functions note set out under .

section 701 of this titleTransfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under .