Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§742i Effect on Rights of States and International Commissions
Title 16 › CHAPTER 9 — FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE › § 742i
Summary
No part of the Act affects State rights under the Submerged Lands Act or other laws, State fisheries authority alone or by interstate compacts, or the powers of international commissions under U.S. treaties.
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Title 16, §742i
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed (1) to interfere in any manner with the rights of any State under the Submerged Lands Act [43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.] or otherwise provided by law, or to supersede any regulatory authority over fisheries exercised by the States either individually or under interstate compacts; or (2) to interfere in any manner with the authority exercised by any International Commission established under any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party.
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This Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, 70 Stat. 1119, known as the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956, which is classified generally to sections 742a to 742d and 742e to 742j–2 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 742a of this title and Tables. The Submerged Lands Act, referred to in text, is act May 22, 1953, ch. 65, 67 Stat. 29, which is classified generally to subchapters I and II (§§ 1301 et seq., 1311 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 1301 of Title 43 and Tables.
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16 U.S.C. § 742i
Title 16, Conservation
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Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102