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By the 1860s, increasing human pressure on the fish and game resources of the United States had become apparent to the United States Government, [2] and fisheries became the first aspect of the problem to receive U.S. Government attention when Robert Barnwell Roosevelt, a Democratic congressmen from New York ' s 4th Congressional District, originated a bill in the United States House of ...
Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 11, 1996. The Sustainable Fisheries Act of 1996 is an amendment to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, a law governing the management of marine fisheries in the United States. Another major amendment to this legislation was later made under the Magnuson-Stevens ...
33 U.S.C. ch. 41 §§ 2801 - 2805. Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act of 1972 (MPRSA) or Ocean Dumping Act is one of several key environmental laws passed by the US Congress in 1972. [1][2] The Act has two essential aims: to regulate intentional ocean disposal of materials, and to authorize any related research. [3] While the MPRSA ...
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The UA gymnasium/library where the constitution was signed on February 6, 1956, currently known as Signers' Hall. On November 8, 1955, 55 elected delegates from across Alaska (a number chosen to echo the 55 in attendance at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787) met at the brand new student union building at the University of Alaska.
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Early years (1864–1920) In January, 1902, a plan was hatched by members of the Boone and Crockett Club to create a system of wildlife refuges across the United States with support of fellow member Theodore Roosevelt. [1] And by Executive Order of March 14, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge ...
List of amendments to the Constitution of the United States