(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036. Sec. 5, 70 Stat. 1121.) 



Sec. 742e. Transfer of functions, personnel, property, facilities, 

 records, and funds; cooperation with other governmental 

 agencies. 



(a) There shall be transferred to the Secretary all functions of 

 the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce, and the 

 head of any other department or agency, as determined by the Director 

 of the Bureau of the Budget to relate primarily to the development, 

 advancement, management, conservation, and protection of com- 

 mercial fisheries; but nothing in this section shall be construed to 

 modify the authority of the Department of State or the Secretary of 

 State to negotiate or enter into any international agreements, or 

 conventions with respect to the development, management, or protec- 

 tion of any fisheries and wildlife resources or with respect to inter- 

 national commissions operating under conventions to which the 

 United States is a party. 



(b) There shall be transferred to the Department of the Interior 

 so much of the personnel, property, facilities, records, and unex- 

 pended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds 

 (available or to be made available) as the Director of the Bureau of 

 the Budget determines to be necessary in connection with the exercise 

 of any functions transferred to the Secretary pursuant to subsection 

 (a) of this section. 



(c) The Secretary may request and secure the advice or assistance 

 of any department or agency of the Government in carrying out the 

 provisions of sections 742a-742d, and 742e-742j of this title, and any 

 such department or agency which furnishes advice or assistance to 

 the Secretary may expend its own funds for such purposes, with or 

 without reimbursement from the Secretary as may be agreed upon 

 between the Secretary and the Department or agency. (Aug. 8, 1956, 

 ch. 1036, Sec. 6, 70 Stat. 1122.) 



[Fishing Vessel Insurance] 



Secretary of Interior authorized to exercise authority in rela- 

 tion to issuance of insurance on fishing vessels comparable to 

 authority of Secretary of Commerce under Merchant Marine Act 

 of 1936, as amended, see "Secretary of Interior; Fishing Vessel 

 Insurance" note, set out under section 1275 of Title 46, Shipping. 



Sec. 742f. Policies, procedures, and recommendations. 



(a) The Secretary of the Interior, with such advice and assistance 

 as he may require from the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, 

 shall consider and determine the policies and procedures that are 

 necessary and desirable in carrying out efficiently and in the public 

 interest the laws relating to fish and wildlife. The Secretary, with the 

 assistance of the departmental staff herein authorized, shall-- 



(1) develop and recommend measures which are appropriate to 

 assure the maximum sustainable production of fish and fishery 

 products and to prevent unnecessary and excessive fluctuations 

 in such production; 



