Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Search this
Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere Search this
United States Endangered Species Act of 1973 Search this
Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969 Search this
International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean Search this
International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Search this
United States Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 Search this
Migratory and Endangered Bird Treaty with Japan Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 20; Page Numbers: 884-903
Type:
Public Law
Date:
1974
12/28/1973
Category:
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Legal document information:
87 Stat. 884
Title 16, Conservation
Public Law
Citation information:
Statutes at Large
Notes:
This Act may be cited as the "Endangered Species Act of 1973".
Summary:
The United States has pledged itself as a sovereign state in the international community to conserve to the extent practicable the various species of fish or wildlife and plants facing extinction, pursuant to (A) migratory bird treaties with Canada and Mexico; (B) the Migratory and Endangered Bird Treaty with Japan; ♭ the Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation in the Western Hemisphere; (D) the International Convention for the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries; (E) the International Convention for the High Seas Fisheries of the North Pacific Ocean; (F) the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; and (G) other international agreements.
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in conjunction with other affected agencies, is authorized and directed to review (1) species of plants which are now or may become endangered or threatened and (2) methods of adequately conserving such species, and to report to Congress, within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the results of such review including recommendations for new legislation or the amendment of existing legislation. The Endangered Species Conservation Act of 1969 is repealed.
There are authorized to be appropriated (A) not to exceed $4,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, not to exceed $8,000,000 for fiscal year 1975 and not to exceed $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, to enable the department of the Interior to carry out such functions and responsibilities as it may have been given under this Act; and (B) not to exceed $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $1,500,000 for fiscal year 1975 and not to exceed $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1976, to enable the department of Commerce to carry out functions and responsibilities it may have been given under this Act. No provision of this Act shall take precedence over any more restrictive conflicting provision of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972.
