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common law to seek enforcement of any standard 

 or limitation or to seek any other relief (Including 

 relief against the Secretary or a State agency). 



(h) Coordination with other laws. 



The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary 

 shall provide for appropriate coordination of the ad- 

 ministration of this chapter with the administration 

 of the animal quarantine laws (sections 101 to 105, 

 111 to 135b, and 612 to 614 of Title 21) and section 

 1306 of Title 19. Nothing In this chapter or any 

 amendment made by this Act shall be construed as 

 superseding or limiting In any manner the func- 

 tions of the Secretary of Agriculture under any other 

 law relating to prohibited or restricted Importations 

 or possession of animals and other articles and no 

 proceeding or determination under this chapter shall 

 preclude any proceeding or be considered deter- 

 minative of any issue of fact or law In any proceed- 

 ing under any Act administered by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. Nothing in this chapter shall be con- 

 strued as superseding or limiting in any manner the 

 functions and responsibilities of the Secretary of the 

 Treasury imder the Tariff Act of 1930, including, 

 without limitation, section 1527 of Title 19, relating 

 to the Importation of wildlife taken, killed, possessed, 

 or exported to the United States in violation of the 

 laws or regulations of a foreign country. (Pub. L. 

 93-205, ill, Dec. 28, 1973. 87 Stat. 897; as amended 

 Pub. L. 94-359, i 4. July 12, 1976. 90 Stat. 913.) 



§ 1541. Endangered plants. 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, In 

 conjunction with other affected agencies, is author- 

 ized and directed to review (1) species of plants 

 which are now or may become endangered or threat- 

 ened and (2) methods of adequately conserving such 

 species, and to report to Congress, within one year 



after December 28, 1973. the results of such review 

 including recommendations for new legislation or 

 the amendment of existing legislation. (Pub. L. 

 93-205, § 12, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 901.) 



§ 1542. Authorization of appropriations. 



Except as authorized In section 1535 of this title, 

 there are authorized to be appropriated — 



(1) not to exceed $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1976. not to exceed $1,800,000 for 

 the fiscal transitional period ending September 30. 

 1976. and not to exceed a total of $25,000,000 for 

 the fiscal year ending September 30. 1977 and the 

 fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, to enable 

 the Department of the Interior to carry out such 

 functions and responsibilities as it may have been 

 given under this chapter; and 



(2) not to exceed $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 

 ending June 30, 1976, not to exceed $500,000 for the 

 fiscal transitional period ending September 30, 

 1976, and not to exceed a total of $5,000,000 for the 

 fiscal year ending September 30, 1977 and the fiscal 

 year ending September 30, 1978, to enable the De- 

 partment of Commerce to carry out such functions 

 and responsibilities as it may have been given under 

 this chapter. 



(Pub. L. 93-205, § 15, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 903; as 

 amended Pub. L. 94-325, June 30, 1976, 90 Stat. 

 724.) 



§ 1543. Construction with Marine Mammal Protection 

 Act of 1972. 



Except as otherwise provided In this chapter, no 

 provision of this chapter shall take precedence over 

 any more restrictive conflicting provision of the 

 Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. (Pub. L. 

 93-205, § 17, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 903.) 



6. Federal Assistance, Resources Conservation and Development Projects 



7 UJS.C. 1010-1013 



1010. Land conservation and land utilization. 



1010a. Soil, water, and related resources data; report. 



1011. Powers of Secretary of Agriculture. 



1012. Payments to counties. 

 1012a Townsltes. 



1013. Appropriations. 



§ 1010. Land conservation and land utilization. 



The Secretary is authorized and directed to de- 

 velop a program of land conservation and land utili- 

 zation. In order thereby to correct maladjustments 

 in land use, and thus assist in controlling soil ero- 

 sion, refoiestation, preserving natural resources, 

 protecting fish and wildlife, developing and protect- 

 ing recreational facilities, mitigating floods, pre- 

 venting impairment of dams and reservoirs, con- 

 serving surface and subsurface moisture, protecting 

 the watersheds of navigable streams, and protect- 

 ing the public lands, health, safety, and welfare, but 

 not to build industrial parks or establish private In- 

 dustrial or commercial enterprises. (July 22. 1937, 

 ch. 517, title III, § 31. 50 Stat. 525; Sept. 27. 1962, 



Pub. L. 87-703, title I, 5 102(a), 76 SUt. 607; Nov. 8, 

 1966, Pub. L. 89-796, § 1(a), 80 Stat. 1478.) 

 Amendments 



1966— Pub. L 89-796 Inserted "developing and protect- 

 ing recreational facilities." following "protecting Hsh and 

 wildlife.". 



1962— Pub L. 87-703 eliminated reference to "Including 

 the retirement of lands which are submarglnal or not 

 primarily suitable for cultivation." following "land utili- 

 zation", provided for assistance In protecting fish and 

 wildlife and prohibited the building of Industrial parks 

 or establishment of private Industrial or commercial 

 enterprises. 



Section Referred to in Other Sections 

 This section Is referred to In sections 1011. 1033 of this 

 title; title 16 sections 441h, 478a: title 30 section 601. 



§ 1010a. Soil, water and related resource data; report. 

 In recognition of the increasing need for soil, water, 

 and related source data for land conservation, use, 

 and development, for guidance of community de- 

 velopment for a balanced rural-urban growth, for 



