---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1388"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1388"
heading: "Marine mammal cooperative agreements in Alaska"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1388"
units:
  - "Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection"
  - "Subchapter II — Conservation and Protection of Marine Mammals"
---

# §1388. Marine mammal cooperative agreements in Alaska

- (a) **In general—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A) may enter into cooperative agreements with [Alaska Native organizations](/usc/16/1362.md?p=23) to conserve [marine mammals](/usc/16/1362.md?p=6) and provide co-[management](/usc/16/1362.md?p=2) of subsistence use by [Alaska Natives](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16).
- (b) **Grants—** Agreements entered into under this section may include grants to [Alaska Native organizations](/usc/16/1362.md?p=23) for, among other purposes—
  - (1) collecting and analyzing data on [marine mammal](/usc/16/1362.md?p=6) populations;
  - (2) monitoring the harvest of [marine mammals](/usc/16/1362.md?p=6) for subsistence use;
  - (3) participating in [marine mammal](/usc/16/1362.md?p=6) research conducted by the Federal Government, [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r), academic institutions, and private organizations; and
  - (4) developing [marine mammal](/usc/16/1362.md?p=6) co-[management](/usc/16/1362.md?p=2) structures with Federal and [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) agencies.
- (c) **Effect of jurisdiction—** Nothing in this section is intended or shall be construed—
  - (1) as authorizing any expansion or change in the respective jurisdiction of Federal, [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), or tribal governments over [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) resources; or
  - (2) as altering in any respect the existing political or legal status of [Alaska Natives](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16), or the governmental or jurisdictional status of [Alaska Native](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16) communities or [Alaska Native](/usc/16/3102.md?p=16) entities.
- (d) **Authorization of appropriations—** There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of carrying out this section—
  - (1) $1,500,000 to the [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A) of Commerce for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999; and
  - (2) $1,000,000 to the [Secretary](/usc/16/1362.md?p=12-A) of the Interior for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.

  The amounts authorized to be appropriated under this subsection are in [addition](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-2) to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under [section 1384 of this title](/usc/16/1384.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 92–522, title I, § 119, as added Pub. L. 103–238, § 19, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 559.)