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[CITE: 16USC754]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                  CHAPTER 9--FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
 
Sec. 754. Commutation of rations for officers and crews of 
        vessels of Service
        
    On and after July 2, 1942, commutation of rations (not to exceed $1 
per man per day) may be paid to officers and crews of vessels of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service under regulations prescribed by 
the Secretary of the Interior, and money accruing from commutation of 
rations on board vessels may be paid on proper vouchers to the persons 
having charge of the mess of such vessels; and section 5911 of title 5, 
shall not be construed to require deductions from the salaries of 
officers and crews of vessels of the United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service for quarters and rations furnished on vessels of said Service.

(July 2, 1942, ch. 473, Sec. 1, 56 Stat. 558; Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, 
Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 1120.)

                          Codification

    ``Section 5911 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``the Act of 
March 5, 1928 (5 U.S.C. 75a)'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, 
Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which 
enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
June 28, 1941, ch. 259, Sec. 1, 55 Stat. 357.

                          Transfer of Functions

    Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the 
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 
84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title.
    Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, 
eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, succeeded by United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 
1036, Sec. 3, 70 Stat. 1120. See section 742b of this title.
    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
