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Title 16, Chapter 35. Endangered Species

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The Endangered Species Act of 1973 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. , ESA) is one of the dozens of United States environmental laws passed in the 1970s. Signed into law by President Richard Nixon on December 28, 1973, it was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation." The Act is administered by two federal agencies, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Warning: template has been deprecated.

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Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 35 — Endangered Species

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§ 1531	Congressional findings and declaration of purposes and policy
§ 1532	Definitions
§ 1533	Determination of endangered species and threatened species
§ 1534	Land acquisition
§ 1535	Cooperation with States
§ 1536	Interagency cooperation
§ 1537	International cooperation
§ 1537a	Convention implementation
§ 1538	Prohibited acts
§ 1539	Exceptions
§ 1540	Penalties and enforcement
§ 1541	Endangered plants
§ 1542	Authorization of appropriations
§ 1543	Construction with Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
§ 1544	Annual cost analysis by Fish and Wildlife Service

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