---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 941a"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "941a"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/941a"
units:
  - "Chapter 15B — Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration"
---

# §941a. Purpose


The purposes of this chapter are—

- (1) to develop and implement proposals for the [restoration](/usc/16/941b.md?p=10) of [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) resources in the [Great Lakes Basin](/usc/16/941b.md?p=3); and
- (2) to provide assistance to the Great Lakes Fisheries [Commission](/usc/16/544.md?p=c), [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r), [Indian Tribes](/usc/16/544.md?p=g), and other interested entities to encourage cooperative conservation, [restoration](/usc/16/941b.md?p=10) and management of the [fish and wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) resources and their habitat in the [Great Lakes Basin](/usc/16/941b.md?p=3).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–537, title I, § 1003, Nov. 8, 1990, 104 Stat. 2371; Pub. L. 101–646, title II, § 2003, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4774; Pub. L. 104–332, § 2(h)(1), Oct. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 4091; Pub. L. 105–265, §§ 3(b), 4, Oct. 19, 1998, 112 Stat. 2358.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Title I of Pub. L. 101–537 and title II of Pub. L. 101–646 enacted identical sections. Title II of Pub. L. 101–646 was repealed by Pub. L. 105–265, § 3(b).

### Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(1), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in introductory provisions as reference to this chapter.

Par. (1). Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(4), added par. (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to develop proposals to implement recommendations resulting from that study; and”.

Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(2), (3), redesignated par. (2) as (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: “to carry out a comprehensive study of the status, and the assessment, management, and restoration needs, of the fishery resources of the Great Lakes Basin;”.

Pars. (2), (3). Pub. L. 105–265, § 4(3), (5), redesignated par. (3) as (2) and substituted “habitat in” for “habitat of”. Former par. (2) redesignated (1).

1996—Pub. L. 104–332 made technical amendment to Pub. L. 101–646, § 2003, which enacted this section.