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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60

§742g Cooperation with State Department

Title 16 › Chapter 9— FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE › § 742g

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must work with the Secretary of State so the United States has people at international fish and wildlife meetings and conferences; the Secretary of State will appoint someone from Interior to join U.S. delegations and negotiating teams. The State Department and officials who give technical or economic aid abroad must consult the Interior Secretary whenever fish and wildlife are involved. Even if other laws say otherwise, the Interior Secretary must join U.S. international negotiations under section 1351 of title 19 when fish products are directly affected, and must regularly consult federal agencies, nonprofits, and other groups about fish and wildlife problems.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §742g

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(a)The Secretary shall cooperate to the fullest practicable extent with the Secretary of State in providing representation at all meetings and conferences relating to fish and wildlife in which representatives of the United States and foreign countries participate. The Secretary of State shall designate the Secretary of the Interior or the Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, or a person designated by the Secretary of the Interior to represent the Department of the Interior, as a member of the United States delegation attending such meetings and conferences and also as a member of the negotiating team of any such delegation.
(b)The Secretary of State and all other officials having responsibilities in the fields of technical and economic aid to foreign nations shall consult with the Secretary in all cases in which the interests of fish and wildlife are involved, with a view to assuring that such interests are adequately represented at all times.
(c)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall be represented in all international negotiations conducted by the United States pursuant to section 1351 of title 19, in any case in which fish products are directly affected by such negotiations.
(d)The Secretary shall consult periodically with the various governmental, private nonprofit, and other organizations and agencies which have to do with any phase of fish and wildlife with respect to any problems that may arise in connection with such fish and wildlife.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627, 84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 742b of this title.

Reference

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 742g

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60