Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§1340 Joint Report to Congress; Consultation and Coordination of Implementation, Enforcement, and Departmental Activities; Studies
Title 16 › Chapter 30— WILD HORSES AND BURROS: PROTECTION, MANAGEMENT, AND CONTROL › § 1340
Summary
After thirty calendar months following December 15, 1971, and every twenty-four calendar months after that, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture must send Congress a joint report summarizing actions taken, enforcement efforts, costs, and any recommended steps. They must consult, coordinate their departments’ activities, and may study wild free-roaming horses and burros’ habits as needed.
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Title 16, §1340
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After the expiration of thirty calendar months following December 15, 1971, and every twenty-four calendar months thereafter, the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture will submit to Congress a joint report on the administration of this chapter, including a summary of enforcement and/or other actions taken thereunder, costs, and such recommendations for legislative or other actions as he might deem appropriate. The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with respect to the implementation and enforcement of this chapter and to the maximum feasible extent coordinate the activities of their respective departments and in the implementation and enforcement of this chapter. The Secretaries are authorized and directed to undertake those studies of the habits of wild free-roaming horses and burros that they may deem necessary in order to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions of this section relating to the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture submitting a joint report to Congress every twenty-four months on the administration of this chapter, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 147 of House Document No. 103–7.
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16 U.S.C. § 1340
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 5, 2026
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