Acts & Regulations

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services administers and enforces a number of conservation laws and treaties in order to protect the environment, including:

• Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurance
• Clean Air Act
• Clean Water Act


• Coastal Barrier Resources Act


• Endangered Species Act


• Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act


• Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act


• Marine Mammal Protection Act

For a full list of resource laws, visit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Congressional and Legislative Affairs.

Federal Register

Issued by the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), and published on the Web by Community of Science, the Federal Register (FR) lists U.S. federal agency announcements and information, such as presidential documents, agency meetings, grant opportunities, and proposed federal regulations. The GPO publishes a new edition of the Federal Register every business day, which COS uploads on a regular basis into its FR database.