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16 U.S.C. 1535: Cooperation with States

Created in 1973 by Public Law 93-205. Changed by 5 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

4 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 16 U.S.C. 668dd, 16 U.S.C. 1533, 16 U.S.C. 1540, 16 U.S.C. 1544.

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1988

    • Pub. L. 100–478, §1005(a), amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "The Secretary is authorized to provide financial assistance to any State, through its respective State agency, which has entered into a cooperative agreement pursuant to subsection … · (d)
    • Pub. L. 100–478, §1005(b), added subsec. (i). · (i)

    1982

    • Pub. L. 97–304, §3(1), substituted "75 percent" for "662/3 per centum". · (d)
    • Pub. L. 97–304, §3(2), substituted "90 percent" for "75 per centum". · (d)
    • Pub. L. 97–304, §8(b), struck out subsec. (i) which authorized appropriations to carry out this section of $10,000,000 through the period ending Sept. 30, 1977, $12,000,000 for the period Oct. 1, 1977, through Sept. 30, 1980, and $12,000,000 for the period Oct. 1, 1980, through Sept. 3… · (i)

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–246 in par. (2) substituted "$12,000,000" for "$16,000,000" and "1980" for "1981", and added par. (3). · (i)

    1978

    • Pub. L. 95–632 designated existing provision as par. (1), and in par. (1) as so designated, redesignated pars. (1) to (5) as subpars. (A) to (E), respectively, and subpars. (A) and (B) of subpar. (E), as so redesignated, as cls. (i) and (ii), respectively, substituted "paragraph" for "… · (c)

    1977

    • Pub. L. 95–212, §1(1), inserted provisions that States in which the State fish and wildlife agencies do not possess the broad authority to conserve all resident species of fish and wildlife which the Secretary determines to be threatened or endangered may nevertheless qualify for coope… · (c)
    • Pub. L. 95–212, §1(2), substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of $10,000,000 to cover the period ending Sept. 30, 1977, and $16,000,000 to cover the period beginning Oct. 1, 1977, and ending Sept. 30, 1981, for provisions authorizing appropriations of not to exceed $10,000,0… · (i)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.