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

16 U.S.C. § 746

Vessels of Fish and Wildlife Service

The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to place the vessels of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service on the same footing with the Navy Department as those of the National Ocean Survey.

May 31, 1880, ch. 11321 Stat. 15153 Stat. 143354 Stat. 1232Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 370 Stat. 1120(, ; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, ; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. , 5 F.R. 2108, ; , .)

Executive Documents

Change of Name

79 Stat. 131884 Stat. 2090section 851 of Title 33section 311 of Title 15Coast and Geodetic Survey consolidated with National Weather Bureau in 1965 to form Environmental Science Services Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1965, eff. , 30 F.R. 8819, . Environmental Science Services Administration abolished in 1970 and its personnel, property, records, etc., transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, . By order of Acting Associate Administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 35 F.R. 19249, , Coast and Geodetic Survey redesignated National Ocean Survey. See notes under , Navigation and Navigable Waters. See, also, notes under , Commerce and Trade.

Transfer of Functions

54 Stat. 1231act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 370 Stat. 1120section 742b of this titleFish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, eff. , 5 F.R. 2107, , succeeded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by , . See .

64 Stat. 1262For 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. , 15 F.R. 3174, , set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

section 742 of this titleTransfer and consolidation of bureaus and functions, see note set out under .