Federal

Title 16 — Conservation

5,095 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1610 — Implementation of provisions by Secretary; utilization of information and data of other organizations; avoidance of duplication of planning, etc.; “renewable resources” defined
• § 1611 — Timber
• § 1612 — Public participation
• § 1613 — Promulgation of regulations
• § 1614 — Severability
• § 161a — Part of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
• § 161b — Designation for purposes of administration, promotion, development, and support
• § 161c — Addition of land; establishment of fish hatchery
• § 161d — Elimination of fish hatchery; transfer of administration of hatchery to Fish and Wildlife Service
• § 161e — Additional lands, buildings, or other real and personal property
• § 162 — Control; regulations; leases; sale and removal of timber
• § 162a — Summer homes and cottages
• § 163 — Jurisdiction by the United States; fugitives from justice
• § 164 — Eliminating private holdings of lands; timber or public lands of equal value in exchange
• § 1641 — Findings and purpose
• § 1642 — Investigations, experiments, tests, and other activities
• § 1643 — Implementation of provisions
• § 1644 — Forestry and rangeland competitive research grants
• § 1645 — General provisions
• § 1646 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 1647 — Other Federal programs
• § 1648 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8201 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4839
• § 1649 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title VIII, § 8202 , Dec. 20, 2018 , 132 Stat. 4839
• § 1649a — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–79, title VIII, § 8004 , Feb. 7, 2014 , 128 Stat. 913
• § 165 — Value of lands sought to be exchanged
• § 1650 — Hardwood technology transfer and applied research
• § 166 — Exchange of timber for private holdings; valuations
• § 167 — Removal of timber
• § 1671 — Congressional statement of findings
• § 1672 — General program authorization
• § 1673 — State programs
• § 1674 — Renewable Resources Extension Program plan
• § 1674a — Expanded programs
• § 1674b — Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative
• § 1675 — Authorization of appropriations; criteria for eligibility of States for funds
• § 1676 — Issuance of rules and regulations for implementation of provisions and coordination with agricultural, research, extension, and teaching provisions
• § 167a — Exchange of lands and other property
• § 168 — Repealed. May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 142 , 63 Stat. 109
• § 1681 — Congressional statement of purpose
• § 1682 — Pilot projects and demonstrations
• § 1683 — Pilot projects; requirements; residue removal credits as compensation; implementation guidelines
• § 1684 — Annual reports
• § 1685 — Regulations
• § 1686 — Definitions
• § 1687 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 169 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 , 62 Stat. 992 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
• § 17 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 170 — Hunting and fishing; regulations; punishment
• § 1701 — Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
• § 1702 — Establishment
• § 1703 — Duties and functions of Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture
• § 1704 — Grants to States
• § 1705 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–333, div. I, title VIII, § 814(d)(1)(N) , Nov. 12, 1996 , 110 Stat. 4196
• § 1706 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 171 — Forfeitures and seizures of guns, traps, teams, etc.
• § 172 to 177 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 , 62 Stat. 992 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
• § 1721 — Congressional findings and purpose
• § 1722 — Definitions
• § 1723 — Public Lands Corps program
• § 1724 — Conservation centers and program support
• § 1725 — Resource assistants
• § 1725a — Direct hire authority
• § 1725b — Forest Service hire authority
• § 1726 — Compensation and terms of service
• § 1727 — National service educational awards
• § 1727a — Reporting and data collection
• § 1727b — Indian Youth Service Corps
• § 1728 — Nondisplacement
• § 1729 — Funding
• § 1730 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 178 — Hotel regulations
• § 179 — Donations of buildings and other property
• § 17a — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 647
• § 17b — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17b–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–391, title IV, § 415(b)(3) , Nov. 13, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3516
• § 17c — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17d — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17e — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17f — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17g — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17h — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17i — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17j — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17j–1 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17j–2 — Authorization of appropriations for road maintenance and repair, etc.
• § 17k — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17l — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17m — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17n — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 17o — Repealed or Omitted
• § 18 — Transferred
• § 180 — Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1028
• § 1801 — Findings, purposes and policy
• § 1802 — Definitions
• § 1803 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 181, 181a — Omitted
• § 1811 — United States sovereign rights to fish and fishery management authority
• § 1812 — Highly migratory species
• § 1813 — Omitted
• § 181b — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 39 , 62 Stat. 992 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
• § 1821 — Foreign fishing
• § 1822 — International fishery agreements
• § 1823 — Congressional oversight of international fishery agreements
• § 1824 — Permits for foreign fishing
• § 1825 — Import prohibitions
• § 1826 — Large-scale driftnet fishing
• § 1826a — Denial of port privileges and sanctions for high seas large-scale driftnet fishing
• § 1826b — Duration of denial of port privileges and sanctions
• § 1826c — Definitions
• § 1826d — Prohibition
• § 1826e — Negotiations
• § 1826f — Certification
• § 1826g — Enforcement
• § 1826h — Biennial report on international compliance
• § 1826i — Action to strengthen international fishery management organizations
• § 1826j — Illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing
• § 1826k — Equivalent conservation measures
• § 1827 — Observer program regarding certain foreign fishing
• § 1827a — Prohibition on sale of billfish
• § 1828 — Foreign fishing incursions
• § 1829 — International monitoring and compliance
• § 1851 — National standards for fishery conservation and management
• § 1852 — Regional Fishery Management Councils
• § 1853 — Contents of fishery management plans
• § 1853a — Limited access privilege programs
• § 1854 — Action by Secretary
• § 1855 — Other requirements and authority
• § 1856 — State jurisdiction
• § 1857 — Prohibited acts
• § 1858 — Civil penalties and permit sanctions
• § 1859 — Criminal offenses
• § 1860 — Civil forfeitures
• § 1861 — Enforcement
• § 1861a — Transition to sustainable fisheries
• § 1861b — Fisheries enforcement plans and reporting
• § 1862 — North Pacific fisheries conservation
• § 1863 — Northwest Atlantic Ocean Fisheries Reinvestment Program
• § 1864 — Repealed. Pub. L. 117–328, div. S, title II, § 203(a) , Dec. 29, 2022 , 136 Stat. 5269
• § 1865 — Bycatch reduction engineering program
• § 1866 — Shark feeding
• § 1867 — Cooperative research and management program
• § 1868 — Herring study
• § 1869 — Restoration study
• § 1870 — Required possession of descending devices
• § 1881 — Registration and information management
• § 1881a — Information collection
• § 1881b — Observers
• § 1881c — Fisheries research
• § 1881d — Incidental harvest research
• § 1882 — Fisheries systems research
• § 1883 — Gulf of Mexico red snapper research
• § 1884 — Deep sea coral research and technology program
• § 1885 — Seafood import monitoring program
• § 1885a — Report on Seafood Import Monitoring Program
• § 1891 — Investment in United States seafood processing facilities
• § 1891a — Community-based restoration program for fishery and coastal habitats
• § 1891b — Fisheries Conservation and Management Fund
• § 1891c — United States catch history
• § 1891d — Secretarial representative for international fisheries
• § 18a — Transferred
• § 18b — Transferred
• § 18c — Transferred
• § 18d — Transferred
• § 18e — Repealed. Sept. 20, 1941, ch. 412 , title V, § 541(c), 55 Stat. 710
• § 18f — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 18f–1 — Transferred
• § 18f–2 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 18f–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 18g — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 18h — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 18i — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 18j — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 19 to 19c — Repealed. Pub. L. 90–209, § 2 , Dec. 18, 1967 , 81 Stat. 656
• § 1901 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1902 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1903 to 1906 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1907 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1908 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1909 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 191 — Establishment; boundaries; reclamation project
• § 1910 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1911 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 1912 — Repealed. Pub. L. 113–287, § 7 , Dec. 19, 2014 , 128 Stat. 3272
• § 192 — Boundaries enlarged
• § 192a — Boundaries revised; excluded lands transferred
• § 192b — Addition of lands
• § 192b–1 — Exchange of lands
• § 192b–10 — Boundary adjustment for Rocky Mountain National Park and Roosevelt National Forest
• § 192b–2 — Addition of lands
• § 192b–3 — Acquisition of lands
• § 192b–4 — Acquisition of property to connect certain roads and to develop residential, utility, and administrative units
• § 192b–5 — Inclusion of acquired lands; rules and regulations
• § 192b–6 — Exchange of lands
• § 192b–7 — Revision of boundaries
• § 192b–8 — Description of parcels of land
• § 192b–9 — Rocky Mountain National Park, Roosevelt National Forest, and the Arapaho National Forest
• § 192c — Vested rights
• § 193 — Claims and rights under land laws not affected; rights-of-way for irrigation and other purposes
• § 194 — Lands held in private, municipal, or State ownership not affected
• § 195 — Control; regulations; leases; sale and removal of timber