Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§742i Effect on rights of States and international commissions

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 9— - FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE › § 742i

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Keeps state rights over submerged lands and their power to manage fisheries in place. It also does not change the authority of any international commission set up under a treaty or convention the United States has joined.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §742i

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Nothing in this Act shall be construed (1) to interfere in any manner with the rights of any State under the Submerged Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.] or otherwise provided by law, or to supersede any regulatory authority over fisheries exercised by the States either individually or under interstate compacts; or (2) to interfere in any manner with the authority exercised by any International Commission established under any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party.

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References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, 70 Stat. 1119, known as the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, which is classified generally to sections 742a to 742d and 742e to 742j–2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 742a of this title and Tables. The Submerged Lands Act, referred to in text, is act May 22, 1953, ch. 65, 67 Stat. 29, which is classified generally to subchapters I and II (§§ 1301 et seq., 1311 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 1301 of Title 43 and Tables.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 742i

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73