16 U.S.C. § 941a

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1)

to develop and implement proposals for the restoration of fish and wildlife resources in the Great Lakes Basin; and

(2)

to provide assistance to the Great Lakes Fisheries Commission, States, Indian Tribes, and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, restoration and management of the fish and wildlife resources and their habitat in the Great Lakes Basin.

Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1003Nov. 8, 1990104 Stat. 2371 Pub. L. 101–646, title II, § 2003Nov. 29, 1990104 Stat. 4774 Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1)Oct. 26, 1996110 Stat. 4091 Pub. L. 105–265Oct. 19, 1998112 Stat. 2358 (, , ; , , ; , , ; , §§ 3(b), 4, , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

Pub. L. 101–537 Pub. L. 101–646 Pub. L. 101–646 Pub. L. 105–265, § 3(b)Title I of and title II of enacted identical sections. Title II of was repealed by .

Amendments

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(1)1998—, made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in introductory provisions as reference to this chapter.

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(4)Par. (1). , added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop proposals to implement recommendations resulting from that study; and”.

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(2), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to carry out a comprehensive study of the status, and the assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the fishery resources of the Great Lakes Basin;”.

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(3)Pars. (2), (3). , (5), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and substituted “habitat in” for “habitat of”. Former par. (2) redesignated (1).

Pub. L. 104–332 Pub. L. 101–646, § 20031996— made technical amendment to , which enacted this section.