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[CITE: 16USC1384]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                  CHAPTER 31--MARINE MAMMAL PROTECTION
 
      SUBCHAPTER II--CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF MARINE MAMMALS
 
Sec. 1384. Authorization of appropriations


(a) Department of Commerce

    (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Commerce, for purposes of carrying out its functions and 
responsibilities under this subchapter (other than sections 1386 and 
1387 of this title) and subchapter V of this chapter, $12,138,000 for 
fiscal year 1994, $12,623,000 for fiscal year 1995, $13,128,000 for 
fiscal year 1996, $13,653,000 for fiscal year 1997, $14,200,000 for 
fiscal year 1998, and $14,768,000 for fiscal year 1999.
    (2) There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
Commerce, for purposes of carrying out sections 1386 and 1387 of this 
title, $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994 through 1999.

(b) Department of the Interior

    There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of the 
Interior, for purposes of carrying out its functions and 
responsibilities under this subchapter, $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1994, 
$8,600,000 for fiscal year 1995, $9,000,000 for fiscal year 1996, 
$9,400,000 for fiscal year 1997, $9,900,000 for fiscal year 1998, and 
$10,296,000 for fiscal year 1999.

(Pub. L. 92-522, title I, Sec. 116, formerly Sec. 114, Oct. 21, 1972, 86 
Stat. 1043; Pub. L. 95-136, Sec. 2, Oct. 18, 1977, 91 Stat. 1167; Pub. 
L. 95-316, Sec. 3, July 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 380; renumbered Sec. 116, 
Pub. L. 100-711, Sec. 2(a)(1), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4755; Pub. L. 
103-238, Sec. 9(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 543.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in Pub. 
L. 97-58, Sec. 7(a), (b), Oct. 9, 1981, 95 Stat. 987; Pub. L. 98-364, 
title I, Sec. 104(1), (2), July 17, 1984, 98 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 100-711, 
Sec. 6(1), (2), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4771, prior to repeal by Pub. 
L. 103-238, Sec. 9(c), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 543.


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-238 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows:
    ``(a) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed 
$2,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, and the four next 
following fiscal years, not to exceed $11,500,000 for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1978, not to exceed $8,500,000 for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1979, not to exceed $9,000,000 for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1980, and not to exceed $9,500,000 for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1981, to enable the department in which the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is operating to carry 
out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under 
this subchapter (other than sections 1379 and 1380 of this title).
    ``(b) There are authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $700,000 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1973, not to exceed $525,000 for 
each of the next four fiscal years thereafter, not to exceed $850,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978, not to exceed $650,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, not to exceed $760,000 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and not to exceed 
$876,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1981 to enable the 
Department of the Interior to carry out such functions and 
responsibilities as it may have been given under this subchapter (other 
than sections 1379 and 1380 of this title).''
    1978--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-316, Sec. 3(1), added reference to 
sections 1379 and 1380 of this title and provisions authorizing 
appropriations for the fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1979, Sept. 30, 
1980, and Sept. 30, 1981.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-316, Sec. 3(2), added reference to sections 
1379 and 1380 of this title and provisions authorizing appropriations 
for the fiscal years Sept. 30, 1979, Sept. 30, 1980, and Sept. 30, 1981.
    1977--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95-136, Sec. 2(1), inserted ``, and not 
to exceed $11,500,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978,'' 
after ``fiscal years''.
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95-136, Sec. 2(2), inserted ``, and not to 
exceed $850,000 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1978'' after 
``thereafter''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1388 of this title.
