Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 87.djvu/925

 87 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-205-DEC. 28, 1973

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under this section, such currencies shall be used in preference to funds appropriated under the authority of section 15 of this Act. (b) ENCOURAGEMENT OF FOREIGN PROGRAMS.—In order to carry^ out further the provisions of this Act, the Secretary, through the Secretary of State, shall encourage— (1) foreign countries to provide for the conservation of fish or wildlife including endangered species and threatened species listed pursuant to section 4 of this Act; (2) the entering into of bilateral or multilateral agreements with foreign countries to provide for such conservation; and (3) foreign persons who directly or indirectly take fish or wildlife in foreign countries or on the high seas for importation into the United States for commercial or other purposes to develop and carry out with such assistance as he may provide, conservation practices designed to enhance such fish or wildlife and their habitat. (c) PERSONNEL.—After consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary may— (1) assign or otherwise make available any officer or employee of ^ his department for the purpose of cooperating with foreign countries and international organizations in developing personnel resources and programs which promote the conservation of fish or wildlife; and (2) conduct or provide financial assistance for the educational training of foreign personnel, in this country or abroad, in fish, wildlife, or plant management, research and law enforcement and to render professional assistance abroad in such matters. (d) INVESTIGATIONS.—After consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, as appropriate, the Secretary may conduct or cause to be conducted such law enforcement investigations and research abroad as he deems necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. (e) CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION.—The President is authorized and directed to designate appropriate agencies to act as the Management Authority or Authorities and the Scientific Authority or Authorities pursuant to the Convention. The agencies so designated shall thereafter be authorized to do all things assigned to them under the Convention, including the issuance of permits and certificates. The agency designated by the President to communicate with other parties to the Convention and with the Secretariat shall also be empowered, where appropriate, in consultation with the State Department, to act on behalf of and represent the United States in all regards as required by the Convention. The President shall also designate those agencies which shall act on behalf of and represent the United States in all regards as required by the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere. se Stat. 1354. r

PROHIBITED ACTS

SEC. 9. (a) GENERAL.— (1) Except as provided in sections 6(g)(2) and 10 of this Act, with respect to any endangered species of fish or wildlife listed pursuant to section 4 of this Act it is unlawful for any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to— (A) import any such species into, or export any such species from the United States; (B) take any such species within the United States or the territorial sea of the United States; (C) take any such species upon the high seas;

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