---
type: "LegalText"
title: "16 U.S.C. § 1173"
description: "Regulations"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "24"
chapter_name: "CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF NORTH PACIFIC FUR SEALS"
section: "1173"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1173"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s1173"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-16/usc16.xml"
source_hash: "bf2b5d45bb56f3fe41d8fdeed7c758f2451f9fddc78375b1d0ea1c9b8ac0e480"
raw_snapshot_hash: "7be8950da5a93cac7c98e4576ce00340f2aba5e8e46d29915382c203c421d503"
text_hash: "b5f39cfe0a077dbd9e8befb376a2971b1f6c50927086bea6fbe8ce155a6b0819"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 16 U.S.C. § 1173 - Regulations

## Text

The Secretary is authorized to prescribe such regulations as he deems necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 89–702, title III, § 303, as added Pub. L. 98–129, § 2, Oct. 14, 1983, 97 Stat. 845.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Prior ProvisionsProvisions similar to this section were contained in section 1183 of this title, prior to the complete revision of this chapter by Pub. L. 98–129.