Agreement Between The Smithsonian Institution and The Department 
of The Interior for Biological Investigations Conducted Under 
The Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program 
Whereas The Smithsonian Institution, hereinafter referred to as 
the Institution, is the organization responsible for conducting a 
program of biological surveys in the Central Pacific Ocean hereinafter 
referred to as the Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, or the 
Program; and 
Whereas the Department of The Interior, through the Bureau of 
Sport Fisheries and Wildlife hereinafter referred to as the Bureau, 
has jurisdiction over numerous islands, reefs, and lands bounded by 
the Pacific Ocean, including but not limited to Johnston Island and 
the Aleutian Islands and Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuges, 
established and defined as bird and mammal reservations by certain 
Executive and Public Land orders; and 
Whereas information obtained from aforementioned biological 
surveys of islands under jurisdiction of the Bureau are of such 
direct benefit and interest to the Bureau that it would normally under¬ 
take such surveys if funds were available; and 
Whereas said biological surveys can be carried forward in the 
overall interest of the Government and its respective agencies and 
organizations most effectively by mutual cooperation between the 
parties of this agreement; 
How therefore, in consideration of the mutual benefits to be 
derived therefrom, and under the authority contained in the Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222; 16 U. S.C. 
715), as amended, and the Coordination Act of March 10, 1934, as 
amended by the act of August 14, 1946 (48 Stat. 401, 60 Stat. 1080; 
16 U.S.C. 66l), the Bureau and the Institution agree to the following 
provisions: 
1. The Institution agrees to keep the Bureau informed of scheduled 
entries on refuge lands, to occupy these lands, and to conduct 
its studies in a manner that will least disturb wildlife and 
leave lands at the conclusion of the Program in as near a 
natural condition as possible. The Bureau is directed to waive 
permits for the entry, occupancy, and use of lands for such 
purposes deemed essential by the Institution for carrying out 
necessary Program studies. 
