ACT OF MAY 25, 1900-(Game Birds and Other Wild Birds) ACT OF MAY 25, 1900 Chapter 553 of the 56th Congress, as amended 31 Stat. 187, as amended ACT OF MAY 25, 1900-(Game Birds and Other Wild Birds) ch553 Statute Compilation United States House of Representatives Office of the Legislative Counsel text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. GPO Statute Compilations USLM converter, version 20210527.1 2021-10-15 Lacey Act (Game) 5401 56 1900-05-25 ACT OF MAY 25, 1900-(Game Birds and Other Wild Birds) [Chapter 553 of the 56th Congress, Approved May 25, 1900, 31 Stat. 187] [As Amended Through Act of May 25, 1900, Enacted May 25, 1900] [Currency: This publication is a compilation of the text of chapter 553 of the 56th Congress. It was last amended by the public law listed in the As Amended Through note above and below at the bottom of each page of the pdf version and reflects current law through the date of the enactment of the public law listed at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/comps/] [Note: While this publication does not represent an official version of any Federal statute, substantial efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of its contents. The official version of Federal law is found in the United States Statutes at Large and in the United States Code. The legal effect to be given to the Statutes at Large and the United States Code is established by statute (1 U.S.C. 112, 204).]CHAP. 553.—
AN ACTTo enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibit the transportation by interstate commerce of game killed in violation of local laws, and for other purposes.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That [16 U.S.C. 701] the duties and powers of the Department of Agriculture are hereby enlarged so as to include the preservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of game birds and other wild birds. The Secretary of Agriculture1 is hereby authorized to adopt such measures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act and to purchase such game birds and other wild birds as may be required thereof, subject, however, to the laws of the various States and Territories. The object and purpose of this Act is to aid in the restoration of such birds in those parts of the United States adapted thereto where the same have become scarce or extinct, and also to regulate the introduction of American or foreign birds or animals in localities where they have not heretofore existed.1

Section 4(f) of Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939 (5 U.S.C. App.) transferred functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior.

 The Secretary of Agriculture1 shall from time to time collect and publish useful information as to the propagation, uses, and preservation of such birds. And the Secretary of Agriculture1 shall make and publish all needful rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and shall expend for said purposes such sums as Congress may appropriate therefor.