16 USC § 721 - Short title; “person” defined

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s721"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 721 - Short title; “person” defined"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "721"
section_name: "Short title; “person” defined"
chapter_number: 8
chapter_name: "UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)"
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# § 721. Short title; “person” defined

This chapter may be cited as “The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Act.” The term “person” as used therein includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section is a combination provision, the first sentence being derived from section 1 and the last from section 12, of act .

### Amendments

1998— substituted “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”.