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type: "LegalText"
title: "16 U.S.C. § 2909"
description: "Disclaimers"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "49"
chapter_name: "FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION"
section: "2909"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 2909"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 2909 - Disclaimers
## Text
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as affecting—
(1) the authority, jurisdiction, or responsibility of the States to manage, control, or regulate fish and resident wildlife under State law;
(2) any requirement under State law that lands, waters, and interests therein may only be acquired for conservation purposes if the owner thereof is a willing seller; and
(3) the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture under the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 14681469, 7 U.S.C. 426426b).11 See References in Text note below.
(Pub. L. 96366, § 10, Sept. 29, 1980, 94 Stat. 1329.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextAct of March 2, 1931, referred to in par. (3), is act Mar. 2, 1931, ch. 370, 46 Stat. 1468, which was formerly classified to sections 426 to 426b of Title 7, Agriculture. Sections 1 and 3 of the Act, which were formerly classified to sections 426 and 426b, respectively, of Title 7, were editorially reclassified as sections 8351 and 8352, respectively, of Title 7. Section 2 of the Act, which was formerly classified to section 426a of Title 7, was omitted from the Code as obsolete. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.