16 U.S.C. § 1421 — Establishment of Program
submitted 34 years ago by Pub. L. 92-522 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 143 words · no verdicts yet
The Secretary must establish the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program after consulting specified experts and organizations. The program collects health data, relates it to environmental information, and coordinates responses to unusual mortality events.
(a) After consulting the Secretary* of the Interior, the Marine Mammal* Commission, and people experienced in marine science, marine-mammal science, veterinary and husbandry practices, and conservation*, including stranding*-network participants, the Secretary must establish the “Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program.” This section does not define that name beyond the program it establishes.
(b) The Program must (1) help collect and share reference data about marine-mammal health and health trends in wild populations; (2) relate that health information to available physical, chemical, and biological environmental data; and (3) coordinate effective responses to unusual mortality events by establishing a Department of Commerce process under section 1421c.
The Secretary* shall, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, the Marine Mammal* Commission, and individuals with knowledge and experience in marine science, marine mammal science, marine mammal veterinary and husbandry practices, and marine conservation*, including stranding* network participants, establish a program to be known as the “Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program”.
The purposes of the Program shall be to—
facilitate the collection and dissemination of reference data on the health of marine mammals and health trends of marine mammal populations in the wild;
correlate the health of marine mammals and marine mammal populations, in the wild, with available data on physical, chemical, and biological environmental parameters; and
coordinate effective responses to unusual mortality events by establishing a process in the Department of Commerce in accordance with section 1421c of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 92–522, title IV, § 401, formerly title III, § 301, as added Pub. L. 102–587, title III, § 3003(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5060; renumbered title IV, § 401, and amended Pub. L. 103–238, § 24(b), (c)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 565, 566.)
- 1992Enacted · Pub. L. 92-522 · 106 Stat. 5060
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-238 · 108 Stat. 565, 566
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 92-522 on 1992-11-04.
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