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suant thereto, and to take such person immediately 

 for examination or trial before an officer or court of 

 competent jurisdiction, and shall havfe power to 

 execute any warrant or other process issued by an 

 officer or court of competent jurisdiction to enforce 

 the provisions of this chapter or regulations made 

 pursuant thereto. Any judge of a court established 

 under the laws of the United States, or any United 

 States magistrate may, within his respective juris- 

 diction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing 

 probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. 

 (Pub. L. 92-195, § 8. Dec. 15. 1971, 85 Stat. 650.) 



§ 1338a. Transportation of captured ani- 

 mals; procedures and prohibi- 

 tions applicable. 



In administering this chapter, the Secretary may 

 use or contract for the use of helicopters or. for 

 the purpose of transporting captured animals, mo- 

 tor vehicles. Such use shall be undertaken only 

 after a public hearing and under the direct super- 

 vision of the Secretary or of a duly authorized 

 official or employee of the Department. The pro- 

 visions of 47(a) of title 18 shall not be applicable 

 to such use. Such use shall be in accordance with 

 humane procedures prescribed by the Secretary. 

 (Added Pub. L. 94-579, § 404, Oct. 21, 1976. 90 Stat. 

 2775.) 



§ 1339. Limitation of authority. 



Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to auth- 

 orize the Secretary to relocate wild free-roaming 

 horses or burros to areas of the public lands where 

 they do not presently exist. (Pub. L. 92-195. § 9. 

 Dec. 15. 1971. 85 Stat. 651.) 



§ 1340. Joint report to Congress; consultation and 

 coordination of implementation, enforcement, and 

 departmental activities; studies. 



After the expiration of thirty calendar months fol- 

 lowing December 15. 1971. and every twenty-four 

 calendar months thereafter, the Secretaries of the 

 Interior and Agriculture will submit to Congress 

 a joint report on the administration of this chapter. 

 Including a simimary of enforcement and/or other 

 actions taken thereunder, costs, and such recom- 

 mendations for legislative or other actions as he 

 might deem appropriate. 



The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary 

 of Agriculture shall consult with respect to the im- 

 plementation and enforcement of this chapter and 

 to the maximum feasible extent coordinate the ac- 

 tivities of their respective departments and in the 

 Implementation and enforcement of this chapter. 

 The Secretaries are authorized and directed to im- 

 dertake those studies of the habits of wild free- 

 roaming horses and burros that they may deem 

 necessary in order to'carry out the provisions of this 

 chapter. (Pub. L. 92-195. § 10. Dec. 15. 1971, 85 Stat. 

 651.) 



19. Responsibilitres of Secretary of Agriculture; Transfer to Secretary 

 of Agriculture of Regulation of Domestic Furbearing Animals 



7 US.C. 433, 434 



§433. Domestic raising of fur-bearing animals; classi- 

 fication. 



For the purposes of all classification and adminis- 

 tration of Acts of Congress, Executive orders, ad- 

 ministrative orders, and regulations pertaining to — 



(a) fox, rabbit, mink, chinchilla, marten, 

 fisher, muskrat. karakul and all other fur-bear- 

 ing animals, raised in captivity for breeding or 

 other useful purposes shall be deemed domestic 

 animals; 



(b) such animals and the products thereof 

 shall be deemed agricultural products; and 



(c) the breeding, raising, producing, or mar- 

 keting of such animals or their products by the 

 producer shall be deemed an agricultural pur- 

 suit. 



(Apr. 30, 1946, ch. 242, § 1, 60 Stat. 127.) 



§434. Same; transfer of functions, appropriations, 

 records and property to Secretary of Agriculture. 



(a) All the functions of the Secretary of the In- 

 terior and the Pish and Wildlife Service of the 

 Department of the Interior, which affect the breed- 



ing, raising, producing, marketing, or any other 

 phase of the production or distribution, of domesti- 

 cally raised fur-bearing animals, or products thereof, 

 are transferred to and vested in the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. 



(b) Appropriations and unexpended balances of 

 appropriations, or parts thereof, which the Director 

 of the Budget determines to be available for expendi- 

 ture for the administration of any function trans- 

 ferred by this section and section 433 of this title, 

 shall be available for expenditure for the continued 

 administration of such function by the officer to 

 whom such function is so transferred. 



(c) All records and property (including office 

 furniture and equipment) under the jurisdiction of 

 the Secretary of the Interior and the Fish and Wild- 

 life Service of the Department of the Interior used 

 primarily in connection with the administration of 

 functions transferred by said sections are trans- 

 ferred to the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agri- 

 culture. (Apr. 30, 1946, c. 242, § 2, 60 Stat. 127.) 



