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Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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title: "16 U.S.C. § 1202"
description: "Authority of Secretary; studies, research, and investigations; control measures; execution of program; other actions; costs"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "25"
chapter_name: "JELLYFISH OR SEA NETTLES, OTHER SUCH PESTS, AND SEAWEED IN COASTAL WATERS: CONTROL OR ELIMINATION"
section: "1202"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1202"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
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---
# 16 U.S.C. § 1202 - Authority of Secretary; studies, research, and investigations; control measures; execution of program; other actions; costs
## Text
In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary, in cooperation with the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is authorized (1) to conduct, directly or by contract, such studies, research, and investigations, as he deems desirable, to determine the abundance and distribution of jellyfish and other such pests and their effects on fish and shellfish and water-based recreation, (2) to conduct studies of control measures of such pests and of floating seaweed, (3) to carry out, based on studies made pursuant to this chapter, a program of controlling or eliminating such pests and such seaweed, and (4) to take such other actions as the Secretary deems desirable: Provided, That the costs of such actions shall be borne equally by the Federal Government and by the States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, acting jointly or severally.
(Pub. L. 89–720, § 2, Nov. 2, 1966, 80 Stat. 1149.)