Text of the Endangered Species Act
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- Sec. 1 - Table of Contents
- Sec. 2 - Findings, purposes, and policy
- Sec. 3 - Definitions
- Sec. 4 - Determination of endangered and threatened species
- Sec. 5 - Land Acquisition
- Sec. 6 - Cooperation with States
- Sec. 7 - Interagency cooperation
- Sec. 8 - International cooperation
- Sec. 8A - Convention implementation
- Sec. 9 - Prohibited acts
- Sec. 10 - Exceptions
- Sec. 11 - Penalties and enforcement
- Sec. 12 - Endangered plants
- Sec. 13 - Conforming amendments
- Sec. 14 - Repealer
- Sec. 15 - Authorization of appropriations
- Sec. 16 - Effective date
- Sec. 17 - Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
- Sec. 18 - Annual cost analysis by the Fish and Wildlife Service