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§916l Authorization of appropriations

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 14— - REGULATION OF WHALING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - WHALING CONVENTION ACT › § 916l

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Summary

Money can be taken from the U.S. Treasury, as needed, to carry out the convention and the related rules. That money can pay the United States’ share of any joint Commission expenses agreed with other governments and it can pay for the U.S. Commissioner and the Commissioner’s staff. Staff costs include pay and personnel expenses in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere (even if they normally would be limited by civil‑service rules), travel costs (even if they normally follow certain travel rules), transportation and communications, office rent, printing, contracted services, supplies, equipment, and the purchase, rental, operation, upkeep, and repair of aircraft, motor vehicles (including passenger vehicles), boats, and research vessels.

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Title 16, §916l

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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the convention and of this subchapter, including (1) contributions to the Commission for the United States share of any joint expenses of the Commission agreed by the United States and any of the other contracting governments, and (2) the expenses of the United States Commissioner and his staff, including (a) personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; (b) travel expenses without regard to subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 and section 5731(a) of title 5; (c) transportation of things, communication services; (d) rent of offices; (e) printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44, and section 6101 of title 41; (f) stenographic and other services by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to section 6101 of title 41; (g) supplies and materials; (h) equipment; (i) purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, motor vehicles (including passenger-carrying vehicles), boats, and research vessels.

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Codification In par. 2(a), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1923, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631 (the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees), and of section 1106(a) of act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XI, 63 Stat. 972, which provided that references in other laws to the Classification Act of 1923 shall be considered to mean the Classification Act of 1949. In par. 2(b), “subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5 and section 5731(a) of title 5” substituted for “the Travel Expense Act of 1949 and section 10 of the Act of
March 3, 1933 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 73b)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5. In par. 2(e), “section 501 of title 44 and section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 11 of the Act of
March 1, 1919 (U.S.C., title 44, sec. 111), and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, § 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, which Act enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts. In par. 2(f), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

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16 U.S.C. § 916l

Title 16Conservation

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Apr 6, 2026

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