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PUBLIC LAW 91-135-DEC. 5, 1969

[83 STAT.

fish has been either caught, killed, taken, sold, purchased, possessed, or transported, at any time, contrary to the law of the State or foreign country, in which it was cau*^ht, killed, taken, sold, purchased, or possessed, or from which it was transported, or contrary to other applicable law; "(2) to purchase or receive any such black bass or other fish, if = ' such person knows, or in the exercise of due care should know, that such bass or fish has been transported in violation of the provisions of this Act; ''(3) receiving any shipment of black bass or other fish transported in interstate or foreign commerce to make any false record or render a false account of the contents of such shipment, if such person knows, or in the exercise of due care should know, that such record or account is false. For the purposes of this section, 62 Stat. 686. ^j^g provisions of section 10 of title 18, Ignited States Code, shall apply to the term 'interstate or foreign commerce"." (b) Section 3 of the Black Bass Act (46 Stat. 846), as amended (16 61 Stat. 517. X^.S.C. 852a), is amended by deleting the comma after "'commerce" and inserting therein "or foreign commerce,"'. (c) Section 6(a) of the Black Bass Act (46 Stat. 846), as amended (16 U.S.C. 852d(a)), is amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: "The provisions of this section and any regulations issued thereunder shall be enforced by personnel of the Secretary of the Interior, and he may utilize by agreement, with or without reimbursement, personnel, services, and facilities of other Federal agencies." (d) The first section of the Black Bass Act (46 Stat. 846), as amended (16 U.S.C. 851), is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof a comma and the following: "and the term 'State' means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam". ^""P^^^SEC. 10. The second paragraph of section 4 of the Migratory Bird 4/statr'is5".' Treaty Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 705), is hereby repealed. Effective dkte. SEC. 11. The provisions of sections 1 through 10 of this Act shall be effective one hundred and eighty days after the date of enactment .t ^. >..E: of this Act. ...OS,a,:....: g^^^ ^2^ ^^^ Section 1 of the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668aa), is amended by adding new subsection at the end thereof to read as follows: w'l'^i-f'^""'^ " (d) For the purpose of sections 1 through 3 of this Act, the term 'fish and wildlife' means any wild mammal, fish, w41d bird, amphibian, reptile, mollusk, or crustacean." (b) The last sentence of section 2(c) of the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668bb(c)), is amended by changing the "$750,000" to "$2,500,000". (c) Section 2(d) of the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 926; 16 U.S.C. 668bb(d)), is amended by adding a new sentence at the end thereof to read as follows: "The Secretary is authorized to acquire ,.yia j^y purchase, donation, exchange, or otherwise any privately owned land, water, or interests therein within the boundaries of any area administered by him, for the purpose of conserving, protecting, restoring, or propagating any selected species of native fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction and each such acquisition shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of law applicable to Appropriation. gyp|^ nven, aud there is authorized to be appropriated annually for fiscal years 1970, 1971, and 1972 not to exceed $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this sentence."

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