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[CITE: 16USC1154]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
   CHAPTER 24--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--FUR SEAL MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 1154. Scientific research on fur seal resources; use of fur 
        seals for educational, scientific, or exhibition purposes
        
    The Secretary shall (1) conduct such scientific research and 
investigations on the fur seal resources of the North Pacific Ocean as 
he deems necessary to carry out the obligations of the United States 
under the Convention, and (2) permit, subject to such terms and 
conditions as he deems desirable, the taking, transportation, 
importation, exportation, or possession of fur seals or their parts for 
educational, scientific, or exhibition purposes.

(Pub. L. 89-702, title I, Sec. 104, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1091; Pub. L. 
98-129, Sec. 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 836.)


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 98-129 amended section generally, substituting 
provisions authorizing scientific research on fur seal resources, which 
were previously contained in section 1153 of this title, for provisions 
delineating the authority of the Secretary of Commerce. See section 1155 
of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1175 of this title.
