§1423b Administration

Summary

The Secretary, through the Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, must do whatever is needed, including making rules, to carry out and enforce the Agreement for the United States. The Secretary must talk with the Secretary of State and the Alaska Nanuuq Commission about how to put the Agreement into practice. The Secretary may use, by agreement and with or without payment, staff, services, and facilities from other Federal or State agencies or from the Alaska Nanuuq Commission. People the Secretary authorizes to enforce this law get the powers listed in section 3375(b). The Secretary can use the enforcement tools in subchapter II to impose penalties and seize cargo for violations. Any polar bear or part of a polar bear involved in a violation can be seized and forfeited to the United States without the usual showing needed for civil or criminal penalties. Guns, traps, nets, or vehicles used to help break the law can be seized and forfeited under section 1376. The Secretary must make any rules needed to carry out the subchapter and the Agreement and may adopt Alaska Nanuuq Commission ordinances or regulations to limit subsistence taking if needed to meet annual taking limits.