1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2 (13), 65 Stat. 707.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, referred to in the text, is classified to chapter 11B of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, chapter 10 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, chapter 4 of Title 41, Public Contracts, and chapter 11 of Title 44, Public Printing and Documents. AMENDMENTS 1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, in second proviso, inserted the reference to application regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and, in third proviso, inserted the reference to section 485 of Title 40. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, transferred the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior. 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey, with their respective functions, into one agency in the Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. HUNTING STAMP TAX § 718. Definitions. (a) Terms defined in sections 703-711 of this title, or sections 715-715d, 715e, 715f-715k, and 7151715r of this title, shall, when used in sections 718718h of this title, have the meaning assigned to such terms in such sections, respectively. (b) As used in sections 718-718h of this title (1) the term "migratory waterfowl" means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of article I of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702); (2) the term "State" includes the several States and Territories of the United States and the District of Columbia; and (3) the term "take" means pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, 48 Stat. 452.) § 718a. Hunting stamp for taking migratory waterfowl. No person over sixteen years of age shall take any migratory waterfowl unless at the time of such taking he carries on his person an unexpired Federal migratory-bird hunting stamp validated by his signature written by himself in ink across the face of the stamp prior to his taking such birds; except that no such stamp shall be required for the taking of migratory waterfowl by Federal or State institutions or official agencies, or for propagation, or by the resident owner, tenant, or share cropper of the property or officially designated agencies of the Department of the Interior for the killing, under such restrictions as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulation prescribe, of such waterfowl when found injuring crops or other property. Any person to whom a stamp has been sold under section 718b of this title shall upon request exhibit such stamp for inspection to any officer or employee of the Department of the Interior authorized to enforce the provisions of sections 718718h of this title or to any officer of any State or any political subdivision thereof authorized to enforce game laws. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 1, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, § 1, 49 Stat. 378; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, transferred the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior. § 718b. Issuance of stamp; fees. The stamps required by section 718a of this title shall be issued and sold by the Post Office Department under regulations prescribed by the Postmaster General: Provided, That the stamps shall be sold at all post offices of the first- and second-class and at such others as the Postmaster General shall direct. For each such stamp sold under the provisions of this section there shall be collected by the Post Office Department the sum of $2. No such stamp shall be valid under any circumstances to authorize the taking of migratory waterfowl except in compliance with Federal and State laws and regulations and then only when the person so taking such waterfowl shall himself have written his signature in ink across the face of the stamp prior to such taking. Each such stamp shall expire and be void after the 30th day of June next succeeding its issuance and all such stamps remaining unsold by the Post Office Department at the expiration of said June 30 shall be destroyed by said Department. No stamp sold under section 718a of this title shall be redeemable by said Department in cash or in kind. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 2, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, § 2, 49 Stat. 379; Aug. 12, 1949, ch. 421, § 1, 63 Stat. 599.) AMENDMENTS 1949-Act Aug. 12, 1949, amended section by increasing cost of stamp from $1 to $2. SPENDING OF STAMP MONEY Section 1 of act Aug. 12, 1949, provided in part: "Provided, That the moneys derived from the sale of such stamps shall be spent only upon specific appropriation by the Congress." § 718c. Compliance with treaty regulations and State game laws. Nothing in sections 718-718h of this title shall be construed to authorize any person to take any migratory waterfowl otherwise than in accordance with regulations adopted and approved pursuant to any treaty heretofore or hereafter entered into between the United States and any other country for the protection of migratory birds, nor to exempt any person from complying with the game laws of the several States. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 3, 48 Stat. 451.) § 718d. Disposition of receipts from sale of stamp. All moneys received for such stamps shall be accounted for by the Post Office Department and paid into the Treasury of the United States, and shall be reserved and set aside as a special fund to be known as the migratory bird conservation fund, to be administered by the Secretary of the Interior. All moneys received into such fund are appropriated for the following objects and shall be available therefor until expended: (a) Not less than 85 per centum shall be available for the location, ascertainment, acquisition, administration, maintenance, and development of suitable areas for inviolate migratory-bird sanctuaries, under the provisions of sections 715-715d, 715e, 715f-715k, and 7157-715r of this title, to be expended for such purposes in all respects as moneys appropriated pursuant to the provisions of said sections; for the administration, maintenance, and development of other refuges under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior, frequented by migratory game birds; and for such investigations on such refuges and elsewhere in regard to migratory waterfowl as the Secretary of the Interior may deem essential for the highest utilization of the refuges and for the protection and increase of these birds: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior not to exceed 25 per centum at any one time, of any area acquired in accordance with the provisions of sections 718-718h of this title, may be administered primarily as a wildlife management area not subject to the prohibitions against the taking of birds, or nests or the eggs thereof, as contained in section 715i of this title, except that no such area shall be open to the shooting of migratory birds when the population of such birds frequenting the area or in the migrations utilizing such area is on a decline, nor prior to July 1, 1952, or the date upon which the same has been fully developed as a management area, refuge, reservation, or breeding ground, whichever is later. (b) The remainder shall be available for expenses in enforcing and in executing sections 718-718h, 715-715d, 715e, 715f-715k, 7157-715r, and 703-711 of this title, and any other Act to carry into effect any treaty for the protection of migratory birds, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and also including advance allotments to be made by the Secretary of the Interior to the Post Office Department at such times and in such amounts as may be mutually agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster General for direct expenditure by the Post Office Department for engraving, printing, issuing, selling, and accounting for migratory bird hunting stamps and moneys received from the sale thereof, personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and for such other expenses as may be necessary in executing the duties and functions required of the Postal Service by sections 718-718h of this title: Provided, That the protection of said inviolate migratory-bird sanctuaries shall be, so far as possible, under section 715p of this title. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 4, 48 Stat. 451; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title I, §§ 3, 4, 49 Stat. 379, 380; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 12, 1949, ch. 421, § 2, 63 Stat. 600; Oct. 20, 1951, ch. 520, 65 Stat. 451.) AMENDMENTS 1951-Subsec. (a) amended by act Oct. 20, 1951, to substitute 85 per centum for 90 per centum. Subsec. (b) amended by act Oct. 20, 1951, to insert "in enforcing" immediately following "The remainder shall be available for expenses". 1949 Subsec. (a) amended by act Aug. 12, 1949, which added proviso. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 718a of this title. § 718e. Offenses. (a) No person to whom has been sold a migratory-bird hunting stamp, validated as provided in section 718a of this title, shall loan or transfer such stamp to any person during the period of its validity; nor shall any person other than the person validating such stamp use it for any purpose during such period. (b) No person shall alter, mutilate, imitate, or counterfeit any stamp authorized by section 718718h of this title, or imitate or counterfeit any die plate, or engraving therefor, or make, print, of knowingly use, sell, or have in his possession an such counterfeit, die, plate, or engraving. (Mar. 16 1934, ch. 71, § 5, 48 Stat. 452; June 15, 1935, ch. 261 title I, § 5, 49 Stat. 380.) State § 718f. Enforcement; authority of United judges, commissioners, and employees of Depart ment of the Interior. For the efficient execution of sections 718-718 of this title, the judges of the several courts, estab lished under the laws of the United States, Unite States commissioners, and persons appointed b the Secretary of the Interior to enforce the pro visions of said sections, shall have, with respe thereto, like powers and duties as are conferre upon said judges, commissioners, and employees the Department of the Interior by sections 703-7 of this title, or any other Act to carry into effect a treaty for the protection of migratory birds with r spect to sections 703-711 of this title. Any bird part thereof taken or possessed contrary to su sections or Acts shall, when seized, be disposed of provided by sections 703-711 of this title, or A aforesaid. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 6, 48 Stat. 45 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 718a of this title. § 718g. Penalties. Any person who shall violate any provision of s tions 718-718h of this title, or who shall violate fail to comply with any regulation made pursu thereto shall be subject to the penalties provided section 707 of this title. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, 48 Stat. 452.) § 718h. Cooperation with States and Territories. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the several States and Territories in the enforcement of the provisions of sections 718— 718h of this title. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 8, 48 Stat. 452; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 718a of this title. § 7181. Disposal of surplus stamps. All migratory bird hunting stamps provided for in sections 718-718h of this title not sold at the end of the fiscal year for which issued shall be turned over to the philatelic agency and therein placed on sale until disposed of or until the Congress otherwise provides: Provided, That such stamps shall be usable as migratory bird hunting stamps only during the fiscal year for which issued. (June 28, 1941, ch. 259, § 1, 55 Stat. 356.) Chapter 8.-UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILD LIFE AND FISH REFUGE 729. Same; appropriation for; price per acre. 730. Same; violations of law or regulations; punishment. 731. Same; effect on other laws. § 721. Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge; short title; person defined. This chapter may be cited as "The Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act." The term "person" as used therein includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652.) (June 7, § 722. Same; acquisition of lands and water for. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water, situated between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are not used for agricultural purposes, as he determines suitable for the purposes of this chapter, and any such area when acquired shall become a part of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge (referred to in this chapter as the "refuge"). (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650; June 18, 1934, ch. 602, 48 Stat. 1015; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, which is set out in note under section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, transferred the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior. ADDITIONAL LANDS Act June 13, 1944, ch. 243, 58 Stat. 274, provided for the acquisition of certain tracts of land situated in Wabasha County, Minnesota. § 723. Same; purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary of the Interior. The refuge shall be established and maintained (a) as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and (b) to such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulations prescribe, as a refuge and breeding place for other wild birds, game animals, fur-bearing animals, and for the conservation of wild flowers and aquatic plants, and (c) to such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulations prescribe as a refuge and breeding place for fish and other aquatic animal life. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 3, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (e, f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, which is set out in note under section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, transferred the Bureau of Fisheries in the Department of Commerce and its functions to the Department of the Interior; transferred the functions of the Secretary of Commerce relating to the protection of fur-bearing animals to the Secretary of the Interior; and transferred the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior. 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232, also set out in note under section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency in the Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. § 724. Same; consent of States to acquisition; existing rights-of-way, easements, and so forth. (a) Such area shall not be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior until the legislature of each State in which is situated any part of the areas to be acquired under section 722 of this title has consented to the acquisition of such part by the United States for the purposes therein stated, and, except in the case of a lease, no payment shall be made by the United States for any such area until title thereto is satisfactory to the Attorney General and is vested in the United States. (b) The existence of a right of way, easement, or other reservation or exception in respect of such area shall not be a bar to its acquisition (1) if the Secretary of the Interior determines that any such reservation or exception will in no manner interfere with the use of the area for the purposes for which acquired, or (2) if in the deed or other conveyance it is stipulated that any reservation or exception in respect of such area, in favor of the person from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject to regulations prescribed under authority of this chapter. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 4, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note to section 722 of this title. § 725. Same; regulations, and so forth, by Secretary of the Interior. Except where it is specifically provided otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe such regulations, exercise such functions, and perform such duties as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 5, 43 Stat. 651; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (e, f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 723 of this title. § 726. Same; acts prohibited in refuge; commercial fishing. No person shall, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior In respect of wild birds, game animals, fur-bearing animals, wild flowers, and aquatic plants, or in respect of fish and other aquatic-animal life— (a) Enter the refuge for any purpose; or (b) Disturb, injure, kill, or remove, or attempt to disturb, injure, kill, or remove any wild bird, game animal, fur-bearing animal, fish, or other aquaticanimal life, on the refuge; or (c) Remove from the refuge, or injure or destroy thereon any flower, plant, tree, or other natural growth, or the nest or egg of any wild bird; or (d) Injure or destroy any notice, sign board, fence, building, or other property of the United States thereon. Commercial fishing may, however, be conducted in the waters of this refuge under regulation by the Secretary of the Interior. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 6, 7, 43 Stat. 651; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (e, f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 723 of this title. § 727. Same; powers of employees of Department of the Interior; searches and seizures. (a) Any employee of the Department of the Interior authorized by the Secretary of the Interior to enforce the provisions of this chapter (1) shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any person committing in the presence of such employee a violation of said sections or of any regulation made pursuant to said sections, and to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction, (2) shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of said sections or regulations made pursuant thereto, and (3) shall have authority, with a search warrant issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction to make a search in accordance with the terms of such warrant. Any judge of a court established under the laws of the United States, or any United States commissioner may, within his respective jurisdiction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. (b) All birds, animals, fish, or parts thereof captured, injured, or killed, and all flowers, plants, trees, and other natural growths, and nests and eggs of birds removed, and all implements or paraphernalia, including guns, fishing equipment, and boats used or attempted to be used contrary to the provisions of this chapter or any regulations made pursuant thereto, shall, when found by such employee or by any marshal or deputy marshal, be summarily seized by him and placed in the custody of such persons as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulation prescribe. (c) A report of the seizure shall be made to the United States attorney for the judicial district in which the seizure is made, for forfeiture either (1) upon conviction of the offender under section 730 of this title, or (2) by proceedings by libel in rem. Such libel proceedings shall conform as near as may be to civil suits in admiralty, except that either party may demand trial by jury upon any issue of fact when the value in controversy exceeds $20. In case of a jury trial the verdict of the jury shall have the same effect as the finding of the court upon the facts. Libel proceedings shall be at the suit and in the name of the United States. If such forfeiture proceedings are not instituted within a reasonable time, the United States attorney shall give notice thereof, and the custodian shall thereupon release the articles seized. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 8, 43 Stat. 651; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (e, f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 723 of this title. § 728. Same; expenditures. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including expenditures for personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by sections 721-731 of this title and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 9, 43 Stat. 652; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (e, f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 723 of this title. § 729. Same; appropriation for; price per acre. The Secretary of the Interior shall not pay for any land or land and water a price which shall exceed an average cost of $10 per acre: Provided further, That this provision shall not apply to any land or land and water prior to May 12, 1928, acquired or contracted for under the provisions of section 722 of this title. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 10, 43 Stat. 652; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 558, 43 Stat. 1354; May 12, 1928, ch. 534, 45 Stat. 502; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS See note under section 722 of this title. § 730. Same; violations of law or regulations; punish ment. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of or any regulation made pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 11, 43 Stat. 652.) § 731. Same; effect on other laws. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting any portion of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Federal laws for the improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as authorizing any interference with the operations of the Department of the Army in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the improvement of said river. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205 (a), 61 Stat. 501.) 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (e, f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in notes to section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, transferred the Bureau of Fisheries in the Department of Commerce and its functions, and the Bureau of Biological Survey in the Department of Agriculture and its functions, to the Department of the Interior, to be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior. 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in notes to section 133t of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency in the Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. It was further provided that the functions of the consolidated agency should be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Interior by a director and assistants, and that the offices of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Fish eries and the offices of Chief and Associate Chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey should be abolished and their functions transferred to the consolidated agency. Ex. ORD. No. 9634. ESTABLISHMENT OF FISHERY Ex. Ord. No. 9634, Sept. 28, 1945, 10 F. R. 12305, provided in part: By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time jointly recommend the establishment by Executive orders of fishery conservation zones in areas of the high seas contiguous to the coasts of the United States, pursuant to the proclamation entitled "Policy of the United States With Respect to Coastal Fisheries in Certain Areas of the High Seas" [Proc. No. 2668, Sept. 28, 1945, 10 F. R. 12304], this day signed by me, and said Secretaries shall in each case recommend provisions to be incorporated in such orders relating to the administration, regulation and control of the fishery resources of and fishing activities in such zones, pursuant to authority of law heretofore or hereafter provided. Section 742, acts Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1436; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736, provided for an acting Commissioner of Fisheries. See note under section 741 of this title. § 743. Details from Coast Guard. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to detail from time to time for duty under the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service any officers and men of the Coast Guard whose services can be spared for such duty. (Mar. 3, 1885, ch. 360, 23 Stat. 494; Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F. R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 4, 1949, ch. 393, §§ 1, 20, 63 Stat. 495, 561.) AMENDMENTS 1949-Act Aug. 4, 1949, amended section by reestablishing the Coast Guard and by repealing act Jan. 28, 1915, ch. 20, § 1, 38 Stat. 800. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by act Aug. 4, 1949, effective as of the first day of the third month after the month of approval, August 1949, see note set out preceding chapter 1 of Title 14, Coast Guard. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F. R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in note under section 481 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. All functions of all officers of the Department of the Treasury, and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department, were transferred, with certain exceptions, to the Secretary of the Treasury, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions, by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff. July 31, 1950, 15 F. R. 4935, 64 Stat. 1280, set out in note under section 241 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. The Coast Guard, referred to in this section, is generally a service in the Treasury Department, but such Plan excepted, from the transfer, the functions of the Coast Guard, and of the Commandant thereof, when the Coast Guard is operating as a part of the Navy under section 1 and 3 of Title 14, Coast Guard. See, also, notes under section 741 of this title. |