Federal Wildlife and Related Laws Handbook

Chapter 4. Statute Summaries


A ~
Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships
Administrative Procedure Act
African Elephant Conservation Act
Airborne Hunting Act
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Alien Species Prevention and Enforcement Act of 1992
Anadromous Fish Conservation Act
Animal Damage Control Act
Animal Welfare Act
Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984
Antarctic Protection Act of 1990
Antiquities Act of 1906
Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act
Atlantic Salmon Convention Act of 1982
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act of 1975

B/C ~
Bald Eagle Protection Act
Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act
California Desert Protection Act of 1994
Central Valley Project, California
Central, Western, and South Pacific Fisheries Development Act
Clean Air Act
Clean Water Act (see Federal Water Pollution Control Act)
Coastal Barrier Resources Act
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
Colorado River Basin Project Act
Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act
Colorado River Floodway Protection Act
Colorado River Storage Project Act
Columbia Basin Project Act
Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)
Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
Cooperative Research and Training Units Act
Crimes and Criminal Procedure (for Animals, Birds, Fish and Plants)

D/E ~
Deepwater Port Act of 1974
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994
Dingell-Johnson Act (see Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act)
Dolphin Protection Consumer Information Act
Duck Stamp Act (see Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act)
Eastern Pacific Tuna Licensing Act of 1984
Emergency Salvage Timber Sale Program
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986
Endangered Species Act of 1973
Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Global Climate Change)
Environmental Quality Improvement Act of 1970
Estuarine Areas Act

F ~
Farm Bills of 1985, 1990 and 1996 (see Food Security Act of 1985)
Federal Advisory Committee Act
Federal Aid Highways Act
Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act (Dingell-Johnson Act)
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (Pittman-Robertson Act)
Federal Cave Resources Protection Act
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (see Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act)
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act)
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976
Federal Noxious Weed Act of 1974
Federal Plant Pest Act
Federal Power Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (Clean Water Act)
Federal Water Project Recreation Act
Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978
Fish-Rice Rotation Farming Program Act
Fishermen's Protective Act (Pelly Amendment)
Food Security Act of 1985
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (see National Forest Management Act of 1976)
Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978
Forest Resource Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990
Forest Service Organic Administration Act of 1897
Fur Seal Act of 1966

G/H/I/J/K ~
Game and Bird Preserves
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
Global Climate Change (see Energy Policy Act of 1992)
Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990
Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Tissue Bank
Great Lakes Fishery Act of 1956
High Seas Driftnet Fisheries Enforcement Act
High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act
High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995
Indian Environmental General Assistance Program Act of 1992
Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986
International Environmental Protection Act of 1983
International Forestry Cooperation Act of 1990
Intervention on the High Seas Act | Jellyfish Control Act
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994
Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act

L/M ~
Lacey Act
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981
Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965
Lea Act
Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: Part I - Marine Sanctuaries
Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act: Part II - Ocean Dumping
Marine Resources and Engineering Development Act of 1966
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act
Migratory Bird Conservation Act
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act
Migratory Bird Treaty Act | Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
Mining in the Parks Act | Mining Law of 1872
Mitchell Act
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental and Native American Public Policy Act of 1992
Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960

N/O ~
National and Community Service Act
National Aquaculture Act of 1980
National Coastal Monitoring Program
National Environmental Education Act
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act
National Fisheries Center and Aquarium Act
National Forest Foundation Act
National Forest Management Act of 1976
National Indian Forest Resources Management Act
National Park Service Act
National Trails System Act
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966
New England Fishery Resources Restoration Act of 1990
Nongame Act (see Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act)
Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990
North American Wetlands Conservation Act
North Pacific Anadromous Stocks Act of 1992
Northern Pacific Halibut Act | Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Convention Act of 1995
Oil Pollution Act of 1990
Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act

P/R ~
Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act
Pacific Possessions Fishery Resources Act
Pacific Salmon Treaty Act
Pacific Yew Act
Partnerships for Wildlife Act
Pelly Amendment (see Fishermen's Protective Act)
Pittman-Robertson Act (see Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act)
Plant Patent Act
Plant Quarantine Act
Ports and Waterways Act
Public Health Service Act: Quarantine and Inspection
Public Lands Corps Act of 1993
Public Rangelands Improvement Act of 1978
Recreational Hunting Safety and Preservation Act of 1994
Refuge Recreation Act
Refuge Revenue Sharing Act
Regional Marine Research Program
Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (Solid Waste Disposal Act)
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1938
Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899

S/T ~
Salmon and Steelhead Conservation and Enhancement Act of 1980
Sentencing Reform Act of 1984
Sikes Act
Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956
Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act of 1935
Solid Waste Disposal Act (see Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976)
South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988
Starfish Control Act
Submerged Lands Act
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Surplus Grain for Wildlife Act
Symms National Recreational Trails Act of 1991
Take Pride in America Act
Tariff Act of 1930 (Importation of Wild Mammals and Birds)
Taylor Grazing Act
Timber Protection
Toxic Substances Control Act
Transfer of Certain Real Property for Wildlife Conservation Purposes Act
Tule Elk Preservation Act
Tuna Conventions Act of 1950

U/W/Y ~ Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
Uruguay Round Agreements Act
Water Bank Act
Water Resources Development Act of 1986
Water Resources Development Act of 1990
Water Resources Planning Act
Waterfowl Depredations Prevention Act
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act
Wetlands Loan Act
Whaling Convention Act of 1949
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
Wilderness Act
Youth Conservation Corps Act of 1970

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