Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§659 Sea Lions; Acts Prohibiting Killing Repealed

Title 16 › CHAPTER 5 — PROTECTION OF FUR SEALS AND OTHER FUR-BEARING ANIMALS › § 659

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Title 16, §659

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All Acts and parts of Acts making it unlawful to kill sea lions, as game animals or otherwise, in the waters of the Territory of Alaska are repealed.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1972—Pub. L. 92–522 struck out proviso prohibiting killing of sea lions in waters of Alaska except under

Rules and Regulations

prescribed by Secretary of the Interior.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

For

Transfer of Functions

of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff.
May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce, and its functions and functions of Secretary of Commerce relating to protection of fur seals and other fur-bearing animals and supervision of Pribilof Islands and care of natives thereof, to Department of the Interior. Admission of Alaska as StateAdmission of Alaska into the Union was accomplished Jan. 3, 1959, on issuance of Proc. No. 3269, Jan. 3, 1959, 24 F.R. 81, 73 Stat. c16, as required by section 1 and 8(c) of Pub. L. 85–508,
July 7, 1958, 72 Stat. 339, set out as notes preceding section 21 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 659

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102