PUBLIC LAW 105-328—OCT. 30, 1998
112 STAT. 3057
Public Law 105-328
105th Congress
An Act
To amend the Fish and Wildhfe Improvement Act of 1978 to enable the Secretary
Oct. 30, 1998
of the Interior to more effectively use the proceeds of sales of certain items.
[S 2094]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Fish and Wildlife
Revenue
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
Enhancement
Act of 1998
This Act may be cited as the "Fish and Wildhfe Revenue 16 USC 742a
Enhancement Act of 1998".
note.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
16 USC 742/
(a) FINDINGS. — Congress finds that—
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(1) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (referred
to in this Act as the "Service")—
(A) is responsible for storage and disposal of items
derived from fish, wildlife, and plants, including eagles
and eagle parts, and other items that have become the
property of the United States through abandonment or
forfeiture under applicable laws relating to fish, wildlife,
or plants;
(B) distributes many of those items for educational
and scientific uses and for religious purposes of Native
Americans; and
(C) unless otherwise prohibited by law, may dispose
of some of those items by sale, except items derived from
endangered or threatened species, marine mammals, and
migratory birds;
(2) under law in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act, the revenue from sale of abandoned items is not available
to the Service, although approximately 90 percent of the items
in possession of the Service have been abandoned; and
(3) making revenue from the sale of abandoned items available to the Service will enable the Service—
(A) to cover costs incurred in shipping, storing, and
disposing of items derived from fish, wildlife, and plants;
and
(B) to make more extensive distributions of those items
for educational, scientific, and Native American religious
purposes.
(b) PURPOSES. —The purposes of this Act are to make proceeds
from sales of abandoned items derived from fish, wildlife, and
plants available to the Service and to authorize the use of those
proceeds to cover costs incurred in shipping, storing, and disposing
of those items.
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