UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 



U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 

 Washington, D.C. 20240 



APPENDIX D 



Selected List of Federal Laws and Treaties 

 Relating to Sport Fish and Wildlife 



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Revised December 1976 

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The Acts and Treaties listed here with descriptions of their provisions and relevant additional 

 information are the authorities for many programs of the Department of the Interior acting 

 through its U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The purpose of this leaflet is to provide a ready reference 

 to the authorities most commonly associated with conservation offish, wildlife and plants, most of 

 which provide direction for the work of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. However, it is not a 

 complete listing of all conservation related Acts or of all Acts governing the work of the Service. In 

 addition, this leaflet does not include all the Federal laws directing consultation or coordination 

 with or by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, nor does it include all of the laws influencing or 

 directing general Federal administrative practices. The laws and treaties with important 

 amendments noted are arranged alphabetically by popular name, except that some statutes have 

 been grouped together in the alphabetical listing under the following headings: Fish and Wildlife 

 Conservation at Federal Reclamation Projects; Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Federal Water 

 Resource Development Projects of the Corps of Engineers ; National Fish Hatchery Acts ; National 

 Wildlife Refuge Acts; National Wild and Scenic Rivers System Acts; National Wilderness 

 Preservation System Acts. Abbreviations used in the citations following the name of the Act or 

 Treaty refer to the following documents: I.L.M.: International Legal Materials, issued by the U.S. 

 Department of State; Stat.: United States Statutes at Large published by the U.S. Government 

 Printing Of&ce, various volumes; TS: Treaty Series, issued by the U.S. Department of State as 

 single pamphlets (until replaced by T.I.A.S. in 1945); T.I.A.S.: Treaties and Other International 

 Acts Series, issued by the U.S. Department of State as single pamphlets; U.S.C.: United States 

 Code, published by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 edition and supplements; U.S.T.: 

 United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, published by the U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, various volumes published on a calendar year basis as of January 1, 1950. 



Administrative Procedures Act (5 U.S.C. .5.51 -559, 701 - Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Environ- 



706, 1305, 3105, 3344, 4301, 5362, 7521; 60 Stat. 237), as mental Protection (23 U.S.T. 845; T.I.A.S. 7345).— This 



amended.— Public Law 79-404, as amended, outlines the May 23, 1972, agreement between the United States and the 



several forms of administrative proceedings (hearings, USSR has as an objective cooperation in the field of 



adjudication, etc.) and prescribes procedural and substan- environmental protection through exchange of scientific 



tive limitations thereon. The Act also provides for judicial personnel, organization of bilateral conferences, exchange 



review of Federal agency decisionmaking actions. of scientific and technical information, and development 



and implementation of projects. The agreement emphasizes 



Accelerated Wetland Acquisition Loan Act^See activitiesrelated to air and water pollution, enhancement of 



Wetlands Loan Act urban environment, preservation of nature, establishment 



of preserves, and arctic and subarctic ecological systems. 



Agreement Between the United States and Den- 

 mark Relating to Conservation of Atlantic Salmon Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears 

 (23 U.S.T. 1 278 ;T.I.A.S.7402).-This Agreement effected by (I.L.M. 13:13-18, Jan. 1974).-This 1973 agreement between 

 exchange of notes signed in Washington, D.C, July 6, 1972, the governments of Canada, Denmark, Norway, USSR and 

 and entered into force on that same date has as its purpose the United States recognizes the responsibilities of the 

 the regulation of the Atlantic salmon catch in 1972 and circumpolar countries for coordination of actions to protect 

 subsequent years. polar bears. Except under certain specified conditions. 



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