Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, tit. I, sec. 150
Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, tit. I, sec. 150
Sec. 150. (a) Extension of Agreement For State of Mississippi.—The Secretary of the Interior shall offer to reinstate the Memorandum of Agreement between the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Conservation and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service concerning the framework closing dates for the 1979–1980 through 1981–1982 duck hunting seasons, executed in November 1979, for the 1998–1999 duck hunting season in the State of Mississippi, except that— (1) the duck hunting season shall end on January 31, 1999; and (2) the total number of days for the duck hunting season in the State of Mississippi shall not exceed 51 days. (b) Extension of Agreement to Other States.—At the request of any other State represented on the Lower-Region Regulations Committee of the Mississippi Flyway Council, the Secretary of the Interior shall extend the agreement described in subsection (a) to that State for the 1998–1999 duck hunting season if the State agrees to reduce the total number of days of the duck hunting season in the State to the extent necessary to result in no net increase in the duck harvest in the State for that season.