16 USC § 742d - Investigations; preparation and dissemination of information; reports

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title: "16 USC § 742d - Investigations; preparation and dissemination of information; reports"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "742d"
section_name: "Investigations; preparation and dissemination of information; reports"
chapter_number: 9
chapter_name: "FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 5, 70 Stat. 1121.)"
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# § 742d. Investigations; preparation and dissemination of information; reports

**1** [^1] The Secretary shall conduct continuing investigations, prepare and disseminate information, and make periodical reports to the public, to the President, and to Congress, with respect to the following matters:

So in original. No subsec. (b) has been enacted.

**(1)** The production and flow to market of fish and fishery products domestically produced, and also those produced by foreign producers which affect the domestic fisheries;

**(2)** The availability and abundance and the biological requirements of the fish and wildlife resources;

**(3)** The competitive economic position of the various fish and fishery products with respect to each other, and with respect to competitive domestic and foreign-produced commodities;

**(4)** The collection and dissemination of statistics on commercial and sport fishing;

**(5)** The collection and dissemination of statistics on the nature and availability of wildlife, progress in acquisition of additional refuges and measures being taken to foster a coordinated program to encourage and develop wildlife values;

**(6)** The improvement of production and marketing practices in regard to commercial species and the conduct of educational and extension services relative to commercial and sport fishing, and wildlife matters;

**(7)** Any other matters which in the judgment of the Secretary are of public interest in connection with any phases of fish and wildlife operations.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 5, 70 Stat. 1121.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Termination of Reporting Requirements

For termination, effective , of provisions of law requiring submittal to Congress of any annual, semiannual, or other regular periodic report listed in House Document No. 103–7 (in which a report to Congress required under this section is listed on page 54), see , as amended, set out as a note under , Money and Finance.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, , see note set out under .