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[CITE: 16USC1375a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                  CHAPTER 31--MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION
 
      SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS
 
Sec. 1375a. Use of fines for protection and recovery of 
        manatees, polar bears, sea otters, and walruses
        
    On and after November 29, 1999, all fines collected by the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service for violations of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1362-1407) and implementing regulations shall 
be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation, to be used 
for the expenses of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 
administering activities for the protection and recovery of manatees, 
polar bears, sea otters, and walruses, and shall remain available until 
expended.

(Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(3) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
Stat. 1535, 1501A-139.)

                       References in Text

    The Marine Mammal Protection Act, referred to in text, probably 
means the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, Pub. L. 92-522, Oct. 21, 
1972, 86 Stat. 1027, as amended, which is classified generally to this 
chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title note set out under section 1361 of this title and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Department of the Interior and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000, and not as part of the Marine 
Mammal Protection Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.
