---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 673g"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "673g"
heading: "Plan for elk restoration and conservation; coordination of Secretary of the Interior with Federal, State and other officers; integration with State plans"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/673g"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection"
---

# §673g. Plan for elk restoration and conservation; coordination of Secretary of the Interior with Federal, State and other officers; integration with State plans


The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, in coordination with all Federal, [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a), and other officers having jurisdiction over lands on which Tule elk herds are located or lands which would provide suitable Tule elk habitat, shall develop a plan for Tule elk restoration and conservation, including habitat management, which shall be integrated with the comparable plans of [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) and local authorities in California.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 94–389, § 3, formerly § 4, Aug. 14, 1976, 90 Stat. 1190; Pub. L. 97–375, title I, § 108(a), Dec. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1820; renumbered § 3, Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(b)(2), Nov. 10, 1998, 112 Stat. 3289.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 3 of Pub. L. 94–389 was classified to section 673f of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–362.

### Amendments

1982—Pub. L. 97–375 struck out requirement that the Secretary’s annual report to Congress describe the development and implementation of the plan.