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[CITE: 16USC723]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
  CHAPTER 8--UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE
 
Sec. 723. Purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary of the 
        Interior
        
    The refuge shall be established and maintained (a) as a refuge and 
breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the 
convention between the United States and Great Britain for the 
protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and (b) to 
such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulations 
prescribe, as a refuge and breeding place for other wild birds, game 
animals, fur-bearing animals, and for the conservation of wild flowers 
and aquatic plants, and (c) to such extent as the Secretary of the 
Interior may by regulations prescribe as a refuge and breeding place for 
fish and other aquatic animal life.

(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, 
Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

                          Transfer of Functions

    Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 
2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government 
Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and Bureau 
of Biological Survey into one agency in Department of the Interior to be 
known as Fish and Wildlife Service.
    Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, 
transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce and its 
functions to Department of the Interior; transferred functions of 
Secretary of Commerce relating to protection of fur-bearing animals to 
Secretary of the Interior; and transferred functions of Secretary of 
Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory 
birds to Secretary of the Interior.
