---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch30"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 30"
heading: "Wild Horses and Burros: Protection, Management, and Control"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch30"
sections_count: 11
---

# Chapter 30 — Wild Horses and Burros: Protection, Management, and Control

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§1331. Congressional findings and declaration of policy](/usc/16/1331.md)
- [§1332. Definitions](/usc/16/1332.md)
- [§1333. Powers and duties of Secretary](/usc/16/1333.md)
- [§1334. Private maintenance; numerical approximation; strays on private lands: removal; destruction by agents](/usc/16/1334.md)
- [§1335. Recovery rights](/usc/16/1335.md)
- [§1336. Cooperative agreements; regulations](/usc/16/1336.md)
- [§1337. Joint advisory board; appointment; membership; functions; qualifications; reimbursement limitation](/usc/16/1337.md)
- [§1338. Criminal provisions](/usc/16/1338.md)
- [§1338a. Transportation of captured animals; procedures and prohibitions applicable](/usc/16/1338a.md)
- [§1339. Limitation of authority](/usc/16/1339.md)
- [§1340. Joint report to Congress; consultation and coordination of implementation, enforcement, and departmental activities; studies](/usc/16/1340.md)