---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch31/schVI"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter VI"
heading: "Polar Bears"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch31-schVI"
sections_count: 9
---

# Subchapter VI — Polar Bears

Title 16 — Conservation › Chapter 31 — Marine Mammal Protection

## Sections

- [§1423. Definitions](/usc/16/1423.md)
- [§1423a. Prohibitions](/usc/16/1423a.md)
- [§1423b. Administration](/usc/16/1423b.md)
- [§1423c. Cooperative management agreement; authority to delegate enforcement authority](/usc/16/1423c.md)
- [§1423d. Commission appointments; compensation, travel expenses, and claims](/usc/16/1423d.md)
- [§1423e. Votes taken by the United States section on matters before the Commission](/usc/16/1423e.md)
- [§1423f. Implementation of actions taken by the Commission](/usc/16/1423f.md)
- [§1423g. Application with other subchapters of chapter](/usc/16/1423g.md)
- [§1423h. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/1423h.md)