Wildlife." The United States Fish and Wildlife Service, except as 

 prescribed by sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, shall 

 succeed to and replace the presently existing Fish and Wildlife 

 Service of the Department. 



(b) Administration and supervision. 



The functions of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service hereby 

 established shall be administered under the supervision of the said 

 Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife, who shall be subject to the 

 supervision of the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife. 



(c) Functions and responsibilities of Secretary of the Interior. 



All functions and responsibilities placed in the Departraent 

 of the Interior or any official thereof by sections 742a- 742d, and 

 742e-742j of this title shall be included among the functions and 

 responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior, as the head of the 

 Department, and shall be carried out under his direction pursuant 

 to such procedures or delegations of authority as he may deem 

 advisable and in the public interest. 



(d) Distribution of functions, powers and duties of former Fish and 

 Wildlife Service. 



In order to make a proper distribution between the two Bureaus 

 of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by sections 

 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, the previously existing 

 functions, powers, duties, authority, liabilities, commitments, per- 

 sonnel, records, and other properties or matters previously handled 

 by or administered through the former Fish and Wildlife Service of 

 the Department, shall be distributed as follows: 



(1) The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries shall be responsible 

 for those matters to which sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of 

 this title apply relating primarily to commercial fisheries, whales, 

 seals, and sea-lions, and related matters; 



(2) The Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife shall be respon- 

 sible for those matters to which sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j 

 of this title apply relating primarily to migratory birds, game 

 management, wildlife refuges, sport fisheries, sea mammals 

 (except whales, seals and sea-lions), and related matters; and the 

 funds and allocations, appropriated or otherwise, relating to the 

 matters covered by paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection shall 

 be distributed between such Bureaus as the Secretary of the 

 Interior shall determine. 



(e) Rules and regulations. 



Except as changed by the terms of sections 742a-742d, and 742e- 

 742j of this title or by subsequent laws or regulations, all laws and 

 regulations now in effect relating to matters heretofore administered 

 by the Department of the Interior through the former Fish and Wildlife 

 Service as heretofore existing, shall remain in effect. 



