Sec. 715s. 718. Participation of States in revenues from National Wildlife Refuge System. (a) Separate fund in the United States Treasury; availability of funds until expended; definition of "National Wildlife Refuge System". (b) Deduction of expenses. (c) Payments to counties. (d) Limitation on amount; reduction of payments. (e) Uses for surplus moneys. (f) Terms, conditions, and regulations for disposition of surplus products, grant of privileges, and execution of other activities resulting in the collection of revenues. (g) Supersedure and repeal of other provisions. HUNTING STAMP TAX Definitions. § 701. Game and wild birds; preservation. The duties and powers of the Department of the Interior include the preservation, distribution, introduction, and restoration of game birds and other wild birds. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to adopt such measures as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section and section 667e of this title, and to purchase such game birds and other wild birds as may be required therefor, subject, however, to the laws of the various States and Territories. The object and purpose of this section and section 667e of this title, is to aid in the restoration of such birds in those parts of the United States adapted thereto where the same have become scarce or extinct, and also to regulate the introduction of American or foreign birds or animals in localities where they have not heretofore existed. The Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time collect and publish useful information as to the propagation, uses, and preservation of such birds. And the Secretary of the Interior shall make and publish all needful rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of said sections, and shall expend for said purposes such sums as Congress may appropriate therefor. (May 25, 1900, ch. 553, § 1, 31 Stat. 187; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II transferred the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior. § 702. Importation of eggs of game birds for propa. gation. The Secretary of the Interior shall have the power to authorize the importation of eggs of game birds for purposes of propagation, and he shall prescribe all necessary rules and regulations governing the importation of eggs of said birds for such purposes. (June 3, 1902, ch. 983, 32 Stat. 285; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title. MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY § 703. Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawful. Unless and except as permitted by regulations made as hereinafter provided in sections 703 to 711 of this title, it shall be unlawful at any time, by any means or in any manner, to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, attempt to take, capture, or kill, possess, offer for sale, sell, offer to barter, barter, offer to purchase, purchase, deliver for shipment, ship export, import, cause to be shipped, exported, or imported, deliver for transportation, transport or cause to be transported, carry or cause to be carried, or receive for shipment, transportation, carriage, or export, any migratory bird, or any part, nest, or egg of any such birds, included in the terms of the conventions between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702), and the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 2, 40 Stat. 755; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 3, 49 Stat. 1556.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1936 AMENDMENT Section 1 of act June 20, 1936, provided that the amendment of this section and sections 704, 705, 707, 708 and the addition of section 709a of this title by that act, shall become effective as of the day on which the President shall proclaim the exchange of ratifications of the convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936, or on June 20, 1936, "whichever date is later". Such proclamation was made on June 30, 1937. APPROPRIATION Authorization of appropriation, see section 709a of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 668d, 704. 706, 707, 708, 709a, 710, 711, 718, 718f of this title. AMENDMENTS 1936-Act June 20, 1936, made changes in phraseology. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. § 704. Determination as to when and how migratory birds may be taken, killed, or possessed. Subject to the provisions and in order to carry out the purposes of the conventions, referred to in section 703 of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed, from time to time, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of such birds, to determine when, to what extent, if at all, and by what means, it is compatible with the terms of the conventions to allow hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment. transportation, carriage, or export of any such bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, and to adopt suitable regulations permitting and governing the same, in accordance with such determinations, which regulations shall become effective when approved by the President. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 3, 40 Stat. 755; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2, 49 Stat. 1556; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) AMENDMENTS 1936-Act June 20, 1936, substituted "conventions" for "convention" wherever appearing. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1936 AMENDMENT Section effective June 30, 1937, see section 1 of act of June 20, 1936, set out as a note. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior see note under section 701 of this title. DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation to the Secretary of the Interior of authority vested in the President, see Ex. Ord. No. 10752, Feb. 12, 1958, 23 F. R. 973, set out as a note following section 715] of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Secretary of the Interior empowered to promulgate regulations under this section without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, see section 2(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 10250, June 5, 1951, 16 F.R. 5385, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3. The President. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 668d, 703, 706, 707, 708, 709a, 710, 711, 718 718f of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. $705. Transportation or importation of migratory birds; when unlawful. It shall be unlawful to ship, transport, or carry, by any means whatever, from one State, Territory, or district to or through another State, Territory, or district, or to or through a foreign country, any bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, or carried at any time contrary to the laws of the State, Territory, or district in which it was captured, killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported, or carried. It shall be unlawful to import any bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, or carried contrary to the laws of any Province of the Dominion of Canada in which the same was captured, killed, or taken, or from which it was shipped, transported, or carried. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 4, 40 Stat. 755; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 4, 49 Stat. 1556; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Dec. 5, 1969, Pub. L. 91-135, § 10, 83 Stat. 282.) AMENDMENTS 1969-Pub. L. 91-135 repealed the second par., which prohibited the shipment of wild game mammals or parts thereof by any person of the United States to and from Mexico, except by permit from the Secretary of the Interior. 1936-Act June 20, 1936, added last sentence. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1969 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 91-135 effective 180 days after Dec. 5, 1969, see section 11 of Pub. L. 91-135, set out as a note under section 668cc-1 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1936 AMENDMENT Section effective June 30, 1987, see section 1 of act June 20, 1936, set out as a note under section 703 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 668d, 703, 706, 707, 708, 709a, 710, 711, 718, 718f of this title. § 706. Arrests; search warrants. Any employee of the Department of the Interior authorized by the Secretary of the Interior to enforce the provisions of sections 703 to 711 of this title shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any person committing a violation of said sections in his presence or view and to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction; shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of the provisions of said sections; and shall have authority, with a search warrant, to search any place. The several judges of the courts established under the laws of the United States, and United States commissioners may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. All birds, or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, carried, or possessed contrary to the provisions of said sections or of any regulations made pursuant thereto shall, when found, be seized by any such employee, or by any marshal or deputy marshal, and, upon conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same were captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, carried, or possessed contrary to the provisions of said sections or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the court having jurisdiction. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 5, 40 Stat. 756; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. CHANGE OF NAME References to United States commissioners to be deemed references to United States magistrates, see Pub. L. 90578, title IV, § 402, Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1118, which provided that, within each district, references in previously enacted statutes and previously promulgated rules and regulations to United States commissioners are to be deemed, within such district, references to United States magistrates duly appointed under section 631 of Title 28 as soon as the first United States magistrate assumes office within that district or on Oct. 17, 1971, whichever is earlier. See Applicable Law note under section 631 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 668b, 668d, 703, 707, 708, 709a, 710, 711, 718, 718f of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. § 707. Violations and penalties; forfeitures. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, any person, association, partnership, or corporation who shall violate any provisions of said conventions or of sections 703 to 711 of this title, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any regulation made pursuant to said sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (b) Whoever, in violation of sections 703 to 711 of this title, shall— (1) take by any manner whatsoever any migratory bird with intent to sell, offer to sell, barter or offer to barter such bird, or (2) sell, offer for sale, barter or offer to barter, any migratory bird shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than $2,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (c) All guns, traps, nets and other equipment, vessels, vehicles, and other means of transportation used by any person when engaged in pursuing, hunting, taking, trapping, ensnaring, capturing, killing, or attempting to take, capture, or kill any migratory bird in violation of sections 703 to 711 of this title with the intent to offer for sale, or sell, or offer for barter, or barter such bird in violation of said sections shall be forfeited to the United States and may be seized and held pending the prosecution of any person arrested for violating said sections and upon conviction for such violation, such forfeiture shall be adjudicated as a penalty in addition to any other provided for violation of said sections. Such forfeited property shall be disposed of and accounted for by, and under the authority of, the Secretary of the Interior. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 6, 40 Stat. 756; June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2, 49 Stat. 1556; Sept. 8, 1960, Pub. L. 86-732, 74 Stat. 866.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. AMENDMENTS 1960-Pub. L. 86-732 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and inserted words "Except as otherwise provided in this section" therein, and added subsecs. (b) and (c). 1936-Act June 20, 1936 substituted "conventions" for "convention". EFFECTIVE Date of 1936 AMENDMENT Section effective June 30, 1937, see section 1 of act June 20, 1936, set out as a note under section 703 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 668d, 703, 706, 708, 709a, 710, 711, 718, 718f, 718g of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. § 708. State or Territorial laws or regulations. Nothing in sections 703 to 711 of this title shall be construed to prevent the several States and Territories from making or enforcing laws or regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of said conventions or of said sections, or from making or enforcing laws or regulations which shall give further protection to migratory birds, their nests, and eggs, if such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the dates approved by the President in accordance with section 704 of this title. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 7, 40 Stat. 756: June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 2, 49 Stat. 1556.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. AMENDMENTS 1936-Act June 20, 1936, substituted "conventions" for "convention". EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1936 AMENDMENT Section effective June 30, 1937, see section 1 of act June 20, 1936, set out as a note under section 703 of this title. SECTION Referred to IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 668d, 703. 706, 707, 709a, 710, 711, 718, 718f of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. § 709. Migratory birds, nests, or eggs for scientific or propagating purposes. CODIFICATION Section, act July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 8, 40 Stat. 756, authorized taking and use of migratory birds, nests, or eggs for scientific or propagating purposes until adoption and approval, pursuant to section 704 of this title, of regulations dealing therewith. Regulations were promulgated by Proc. July 31, 1918, 40 Stat. 1812. § 709a. Authorization of appropriations. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, from time to time, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions and to accomplish the purposes of said conventions and of sections 703 to 711 of this title and regulations made pursuant thereto, and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized out of such moneys to employ in the city of Washington and elsewhere such persons and means as he may deem necessary for such purpose and may cooperate with local authorities in the protection of migratory birds and make the necessary investigations connected therewith. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 9, as added June 20, 1936, ch. 634, § 5, 49 Stat. 1556, and amended 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective June 30, 1937, see section 1 of act June 30, 1936, set out as a note under section 703 of this title. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS Section 6 of act June 20, 1936, provided that "all moneys now or hereafter available for administration and enforcement of said Act approved July 3, 1918 [sections 703-708, 709a-711 of this title], shall be equally available for the administration and enforcement of said Act as hereby amended." SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 666d, 703, 706, 707, 708, 710, 711, 718, 718f of this title. 8710. Partial invalidity; short title. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of sections 703 to 711 of this title, which shall be known by the short title of the "Migratory Bird Treaty Act". shall for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755, 757.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, Included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 666d, 703, 706, 707, 708, 709a, 711, 718, 718f of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. § 711. Breeding and sale for food supply. Nothing in sections 703 to 710 of this title shall be construed to prevent the breeding of migratory game birds on farms and preserves and the sale of birds so bred under proper regulation for the purpose of increasing the food supply. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, § 12, 40 Stat. 757.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 710 of this title, was omitted from this Code. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 459a-1, 666d, 703, 706, 707, 708, 709a, 710, 718, 718f of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN D.C. CODE This section is referred to in section 22-1628 of the District of Columbia Code. MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION SECTIONS REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS Section 715 et seq. is referred to in sections 668bb, 669b-1, 669c, 669d, 669g-1, 669h of this title. 8715. Short title. Sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7157 to 715r of this title shall be known by the short title of "Migratory Bird Conservation Act." (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 1, 45 Stat. 1222.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Sections 7157 and 715m, included within the reference to sections 7151 to 715r of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 89669, 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat, 30, and the material contained therein is now covered by section 668dd(f) and (e) of this title, respectively. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 715a, 715c, 715d. 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715j, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title. 8715a. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; creation; composition; duties; approval of areas of land and water recommended for purchase or rental. A commission to be known as the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of the Interior, as chairman, the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture and two Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two Members of the House of Representatives to be selected by the Speaker, is created and authorized to consider and pass upon any area of land, water, or land and water that may be recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase or rental under sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, and to fix the price or prices at which such area may be purchased or rented; and no purchase or rental shall be made of any such area until it has been duly approved for purchase or rental by said commission. Any Member of the House of Representatives who is a member of the commission, if reelected to the succeeding Congress, may serve on the commission notwithstanding the expiration of a Congress. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The ranking officer of the branch or department of a State to which is committed the administration of its game laws, or his authorized representative, and in a State having no such branch or department, the governor thereof, or his authorized representative, shall be a member ex officio of said commission for the purpose of considering and voting on all questions relating to the acquisition, under said sections, of areas in his State. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 2, 45 Stat. 1222; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, 4(f), (h), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, 1434; Mar. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-261, 82 Stat. 39.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Sections 7151 and 715m, included within the reference to sections 715l to 715r of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930, and the material contained therein is now covered by section 668dd (f) and (e) of this title, respectively. AMENDMENTS 1968-Pub. L. 90-261 substituted the Secretary of Transportation for the Secretary of Commerce in the membership of the Commission. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II transferred the functions of the Secretary of Agriculture relating to the conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to the Secretary of the Interior, and provided that the Secretary of the Interior should be chairman of the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission and that the Secretary of Agriculture should be a member thereof. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 715, 715b, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715j, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715г, 718 of this title. § 715b. Same; annual report. The commission created by section 715a of this title shall, through its chairman, annually report in detail to Congress, not later than the first Monday in December, the operations of the commission during the preceding fiscal year. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 3, 45 Stat. 1223.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 715, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715j, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715г, 718 of this title. § 715c. Areas recommended for approval; character. The Secretary of the Interior shall recommend no area for purchase or rental under the terms of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7157 to 715r of this title except such as he shall determine is necessary for the conservation of migratory birds. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 4, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(a), 80 Stat. 929.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Sections 7151 and 715m, included within the reference to sections 7151 to 715r of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930, and the material contained therein is now covered by section 668dd(f) and (e) of this title, respectively. AMENDMENTS 1966 Pub. L. 89-669 deleted "game" from "migratory game birds". TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 715, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715j, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715г, 718 of this title. § 715d. Purchase or rental of approved areas; gifts and devises; United States lands. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase or rent such areas as have been approved for purchase or rental by the commission, at the price or prices fixed by said commission, and to acquire by gift or devise, for use as inviolate sanctuaries for migratory birds, areas which he shall determine to be suitable for such purposes, and to pay the purchase or rental price and expenses incident to the location, examination, and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, including options when deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior from moneys to be appropriated hereunder by Congress from time to time: Provided, That no lands acquired, held, or used by the United States for military purposes shall be subject to any of the provisions of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 5, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Sections 7151 and 715m, included within the reference to sections 7151 to 715r of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930, and the material contained therein is now covered by section 668dd(f) and (e) of this title, respectively. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 715, 715a, 715c, 715e, 7151, 715g, 715h, 7151, 7151, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p. 715r, 718 of this title. §§ 715d-1, 715d-2. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-669, § 8(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930. Sections, act June 15, 1935, ch. 216, title III, §§ 302, 303. 49 Stat. 382, provided for acceptance of land in exchange for other land or timber, etc. rights and for acceptance of land in exchange for patent to nonmineral public land, and is now covered by section 668dd (b)(3) of this title. § 715e. Same; examination of title; easements and reservations. The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, but no payment shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General or his designee, but the acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights-of-way, easements, and reservations which from their nature will in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purposes of said sections, but such rights-of-way, easements, and reservations retained by the grantor or lessor from whom the United States receives title under said sections or any other Act for the acquisition by the Secretary of the Interior of areas for wildlife refuges shall be subject to rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior for the occupation, use, operation, protection, and administration of such areas as inviolate sanctuaries for migratory birds or as refuges for wildlife; and it shall be expressed in the deed or lease that the use, occupation, and operation of such rights-of-way, easements, and reservations shall be subordinate to and subject to such rules and regulations as are set out in such deed or lease or, if deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior, to such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by him from time to time. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 6, 45 Stat. 1223; June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title III, § 301, 49 Stat. 381; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Sept. 1, 1970, Pub. L. 91-393, § 6, 84 Stat. 835.) |