There is established in the Treasury an interest bearing fund to be known as the "Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund", which shall consist of amounts deposited into the Fund under subsection (c).
Amounts in the Fund shall be available only for use by the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, and dispersed among claimants based on budgets approved by the Secretary prior to expenditure-
There shall be deposited into the Fund-
For purposes of carrying out this subchapter and section 1374(c)(2)(D) of this title, the Secretary may accept, solicit, and use the services of volunteers, and may accept, solicit, receive, hold, administer, and use gifts, devises, and bequests.
1So in original. The ";and" probably should be a period.
16 U.S.C. § 1421d
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2022-Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 117-263 amended subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (b) related to uses of amounts in the Marine Mammal Unusual Mortality Event Fund and payment of pending claims.1994-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-238, §16(b), substituted "an interest bearing fund" for "a fund". Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(i). Pub. L. 103-238, §24(c)(2), made technical amendment to reference to section 1421c(b) of this title to reflect renumbering of corresponding section of original act.Subsec. (b)(1)(A)(iii). Pub. L. 103-238, §6(1), added cl. (iii). Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 103-238, §6(2), inserted "and section 1374(c)(2)(D) of this title".