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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Sections 7151 and 715m, included within the reference to sections 7151 to 715r of this title, were repealed by Pub.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, repsectively.

AMENDMENTS

1970-Pub. L. 91-393 inserted "or his designee" following "Attorney General."

1935-Act June 15, 1935 inserted "under said sections or any other Act for the acquisition by the Secretary of Agriculture of areas for wildlife refuges" and "or as refuges for wildlife”, and added the clause beginning "as are set out in such deed or lease or, if deemed necessary" etc.

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, 7158, 715c, 715d, 7151, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715j, 715k, 715k-1, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§715e-1. Application of section 715e to sections 715d-1 and 715d-2.

CODIFICATION

Section, act June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title III, § 304, 49 Stat. 382, applying section 715e of this title to exchanges effected under former sections 715d-1 and 715d-2, has been omitted due to the repeal of sections 715d-1 and 715d-2 by Pub. L. 89-669, § 8(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930.

§ 715f. Same; consent of State to conveyance.

No deed or instrument of conveyance shall be accepted by the Secretary of the Interior under sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7157 to 715r of this title unless the State in which the area lies shall have consented by law to the acquisition by the United States of lands in that State. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 7, 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Sections 7151 and 715m, included within the reference to sections 7151 to 715r of this title, were repealed by Pub.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 691d, 715, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715g. 715h, 7151, 7151, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715g. Jurisdiction of State over areas acquired.

The jurisdiction of the State, both civil and criminal, over persons upon areas acquired under sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title shall not be affected or changed by reason of their acquisition and administration by the United States as migratory-bird reservations, except so far as the punishment of offenses against the United States is concerned. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 8,45 Stat. 1224.)

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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 691d, 695b, 715, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715h, 7151, 7151, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715h. Same; operation of State game laws.

Nothing in sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title is intended to interfere with the operation of the game laws of the several States applying to migratory game birds insofar as they do not permit what is forbidden by Federal law. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 9, 45 Stat. 1224.)

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.

SECTION REFFERED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 691d, 695b, 715, 7158, 715c, 715d, 715e, 7151, 715g, 7151, 7151, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715г, 718.

§ 715i. Administration.

(a) Treaty obligations; rules and regulations.

Areas of lands, waters, or interests therein acquired or reserved pursuant to sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k and 715n to 715r of this title shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be administered by the Secretary of the Interior under rules and regulations prescribed by him to conserve and protect migratory birds in accordance with treaty obligations with Mexico and Canada, and other species of wildlife found thereon, including species that are threatened with extinction, and to restore or develop adequate wildlife habitat.

(b) Management and public and private agency agreements authorization.

In administering such areas, the Secretary is authorized to manage timber, range, and agricultural crops; to manage other species of animals, including but not limited to fenced range animals, with the objectives of perpetuating, distributing, and utilizing the resources; and to enter into agreements with public and private agencies. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 10, 45 Stat. 1224; 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(b), 80 Stat. 929.)

AMENDMENTS

1966 Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 89-669 added subsecs. (a) and (b). Former paragraph prohibited acts on acquired areas and is now covered by section 668dd(c) and (d)(1) 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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 691d, 695b, 715, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 715j, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715j. Migratory birds defined.

For the purposes of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, migratory birds are those defined as such by the treaty between

the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702) and the treaty between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936 (50 Stat. 1311). (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 11, 45 Stat. 1224; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(c), 80 Stat. 930.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 7157 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 added credit "(39 Stat. 1702)" and defined migratory birds to include those defined in the Treaty of Feb. 7, 1936 (50 Stat. 1311) with the United Mexican States.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 715, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715k. Appropriations for purposes of chapter; disposal; reservation protectors.

For the acquisition, including the location, examination, and survey, of suitable areas of land, water, or land and water, for use as migratory bird reservations, and necessary expenses incident thereto, and for the administration, maintenance, and development of such areas and other preserves, reservations, or breeding grounds frequented by migratory birds and under the administration of the Secretary of the Interior, including the construction of dams, dikes, ditches, flumes, spillways, buildings, and other necessary improvements, and for the elimination of the loss of migratory birds from alkali poisoning, oil pollution of waters, or other causes, for cooperation with local authorities in wildlife conservation, for Investigations and publications relating to North American birds, for personal services, printing, engraving, and issuance of circulars, posters, and other necessary matter and for the enforcement of the provisions of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated, in addition to all other amounts authorized by law to be appropriated, $200,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for each fiscal year thereafter. No part of any appropriation authorized by this section shall be used for payment of the salary, compensation, or expenses of any United States protector, except reservation protectors for the administration, maintenance and protection of such reservations and the birds thereon: Provided, That reservation protectors appointed under the provisions of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7157 to 715r of this title, shall be selected, when practicable, from qualified citizens of the State in which they are to be employed. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to make such expenditures and to employ such means, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, as may be necessary to carry out the foregoing objects. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 12, 45 Stat. 1224; 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 substituted "grounds frequented by migratory birds" for "grounds frequented by migratory game birds", and "United States protector" for "United States game protector."

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title.

APPROPRIATIONS

Former provisions of this section related to appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1930, to June 30, 1939.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 715, 7158, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 715j, 715n, 7150, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715k-1. Expenditures for personal services.

In the execution of this section, and sections 141b, 715d-1 to 715d-3, 715e, 715e-1 and 715s of this title, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere as he shall deem necessary. (June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title VII, 49 Stat. 384; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 715d-1 and 715d-2, included within the reference to sections 715d-1 to 715d-3, were repealed by Pub. L. 89-669, § 8(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930, and the material contained therein is now covered by section 668dd (b) (3) of this title.

Section 715d-3, referred to in the text, has been omitted from this Code.

Section 715e-1, referred to in text, has been omitted from this Code.

CODIFICATION

Act June 15, 1935, in addition to the provisions set out in the text, made an appropriation for the acquisition of lands necessary to provide for the restoration, rehabilitation and protection of migratory waterfowl and other wildlife and for the erection and construction of necessary buildings, dikes, dams, canals, and other works. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 701 of this title.

§ 715k-2. Availability of $6,000,000 fund.

CODIFICATION

Section, acts June 29, 1937, ch. 404, title I, 50 Stat. 421; June 16, 1938, ch. 464, title I, 52 Stat. 736; June 30, 1939, ch. 253, title I, 53 Stat. 965, made an earlier specific appropriation available for maintenance and operation of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles.

§ 715k-3. Appropriations for the preservation of wetlands and other waterfowl habitat.

In order to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, there is authorized to be appropriated for the fifteenyear period beginning with fiscal year 1962, not to

exceed $105,000,000. (Pub. L. 87-383, § 1, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 813; Pub. L. 90-205, § 1(a), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 612.)

AMENDMENTS

1967-Pub. L. 90-205 substituted "fifteen-year period" for "seven-year period".

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 715k-4, 715k-5 of this title.

§ 715k-4. Same; accounting and use of appropriations. Funds appropriated each fiscal year pursuant to sections 715k-3 to 715k-5 of this title shall be accounted for, added to, and used for purposes of the migratory bird conservation fund established pursuant to section 718d of this title. (Pub. L. 87-383, § 2. Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 813.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 715k-5 of this title. § 715k-5. Same; advance to migratory bird conservation fund; repayments; acquisition of lands. Funds appropriated pursuant to sections 715k-3 to 715k-5 of this title shall be treated as an advance, without interest, to the migratory bird conservation fund. Such appropriated funds, beginning with fiscal year 1977, shall be repaid to the Treasury out of the migratory bird conservation fund, such repayment shall be made in annual amounts comprising 75 per centum of the moneys accruing annually to such fund. In the event the full amount authorized by section 715k-3 of this title is appropriated prior to the end of the aforesaid fifteen-year period, the repayment of such funds pursuant to this section shall begin with the next full fiscal year: Provided further, That no land shall be acquired with moneys from the migratory bird conservation fund unless the acquisition thereof has been approved by the Governor of the State or appropriate State agency. (Pub. L. 87-383, § 3, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 813; Pub. L. 90205, § 1(b), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 612.)

AMENDMENTS

1967-Pub. L. 90-205 made minor structural changes and substituted "1977" for "1969" and "fifteen-year period" for "seven-year period".

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 715k-4 of this title. §§ 7157, 715m. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930.

Sections, act Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, §§ 13, 14, 45 Stat. 1225, related to: execution of provisions, powers and duties of United States judges, commissioners and employees of Department of Interior; and penalty for violaflon of provisions, and are now covered by section 668dd (f) and (e) of this title, respectively.

§715n. Word "take" defined.

For the purposes of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title the word "take" shall be construed to mean pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill, unless the context otherwise requires. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 15, 45 Stat. 1225.)

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 ma

terial 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 691d, 695b, 715a, 715c, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 7151, 715k, 7150, 715p, 715г, 718 of this title.

§ 7150. National forest and power sites; use for migratory bird reservations.

Nothing in sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title shall be construed as authorizing or empowering the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission created by section 715a of this title, the Secretary of the Interior, or any other board, commission, or officer, to declare, withdraw, or determine, except heretofore designated, any part of any national forest or power site, a migratory bird reservation under any of the provisions of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, except by and with the consent of the legislature of the State wherein such forest or power site is located. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 16, 45 Stat. 1225; 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, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g. 715h, 7151, 7151, 715k, 715n, 715p, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715p. Cooperation of State in enforcement of provisions.

When any State shall, by suitable legislation, make provision adequately to enforce the provisions of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7157 to 715r of this title and all regulations promulgated thereunder, the Secretary of the Interior may so certify, and then and thereafter said State may cooperate with the Secretary of the Interior in the enforcement of such sections and the regulations thereunder. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 17, 45 Stat. 1225; 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, 715d, 715e, 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 7151, 715k, 715n, 7150, 715r, 718 of this title.

§ 715q. Expenses of commission; appropriations.

A sum sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of the commission and its members, not to exceed

an annual expenditure of $7,500, is authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Said appropriation shall be paid out on the audit and order of the chairman of said commission, which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon the General Accounting Office as to the correctness of the accounts of said commission. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 18, 45 Stat. 1225; Oct. 15, 1962, Pub. L. 87-812, 76 Stat. 922.)

AMENDMENTS

1962-Pub. L. 87-812 increased the annual expenditures from not more than $5,000 to not more than $7,500 and corrected a misspelling of the word "commission".

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.

§ 715r. Partial invalidity; validity of remainder.

If any provision of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7157 to 715q of this title or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid the validity of the remainder of such sections and of the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 19, 45 Stat. 1226.)

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.

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, 718 of this title.

§ 715s. 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". Beginning with the next full fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, all revenues received by the Secretary of the Interior from the sale or other disposition of animals, timber, hay, grass, or other products of the soil, minerals, shells, sand, or gravel, from other privileges, or from leases for public accommodations or facilities incidental to but not in conflict with the basic purposes for which those areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System were established, during each fiscal year in connection with the operation and management of those areas of the National Wildlife Refuge System that are solely or primarily administered by him, through the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall be covered into the United States Treasury and be reserved in a separate fund for disposition as hereafter prescribed. Amounts in the fund shall remain available until expended, and may be expended by the Secretary without further appropriation in the manner hereafter prescribed. The National Wildlife Refuge System (hereafter referred to as the "System") includes those lands and waters administered by the Secretary as wildlife refuges, lands acquired or reserved for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction, wildlife ranges, game ranges, wildlife

management areas, and waterfowl production areas established under any law, proclamation, Executive, or public land order.

(b) Deduction of expenses.

The Secretary may pay from the fund any necessary expenses incurred by him in connection with the revenue-producing measures set forth in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Payments to counties.

The Secretary, at the end of each fiscal year, shall pay, out of the net receipts in the fund (after payment of necessary expenses) for such fiscal year, which funds shall be expended solely for the benefit of public schools and roads as follows:

(1) to each county in which reserved public lands in an area of the System are situated, an amount equal to 25 per centum of the net receipts collected by the Secretary from such reserved public lands in that particular area of the System: Provided, That when any such area is situated in more than one county the distributive share to each county from the aforesaid receipts shall be proportional to its acreage of such public lands therein; and

(2) to each county in which areas in the System are situated that have been acquired in fee by the United States, either (A) three-fourths of 1 per centum of the cost of the areas, exclusive of any improvements to such areas made subsequent to Federal acquisition, such cost to be adjusted to represent current values as determined by the Secretary for the first full fiscal year after enactment of this Act and as redetermined by him at fiveyear intervals thereafter, or (B) 25 per centum of the net receipts collected by the Secretary from such acquired lands in that particular area of the System within such counties, whichever is greater. The determinations by the Secretary under this subsection shall be accomplished in such manner as he shall consider to be equitable and in the public interest, and his determinations hereunder shall be final and conclusive.

(d) Limitation on amount; reduction of payments.

The payments under subsection (c) of this section to the counties in the United States for any one fiscal year shall not exceed the amount of net receipts in the fund for that fiscal year and, in case the net receipts are insufficient for a particular fiscal year to pay the aggregate amount of the payments for that fiscal year to the counties, the payment to each county shall be reduced proportionately.

(e) Uses for surplus moneys.

Any moneys remaining in the fund after all payments are made for any fiscal year may be used by the Secretary thereafter for management of the System, including but not limited to the construction, improvement, repair, and alteration of buildings, roads, and other facilities, and for enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended. (f) Terms, conditions, and regulations for disposition of surplus products, grant of privileges, and execution of other activities resulting in the collection of revenues.

The disposition or sale of surplus animals, minerals, and other products, the grant of privileges,

and the carrying out of any other activities that result in the collection of revenues within any areas of the System may be accomplished upon such terms, conditions, or regulations, including sale in the open markets, as the Secretary shall determine to be in the best interest of the United States. Further, the Secretary may dispose of such surplus animals by exchange of the same or other kinds, gift or loan to public institutions for exhibition oropagation purposes and for the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of information relating to the conservation of wildlife in accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe.

(g) Supersedure and repeal of other provisions.

Beginning with the first day of the next full fiscal year hereafter, the provisions of this Act shall supersede and repeal the provisions of the paragraph entitled "Management of National Wildlife Refuges" in the General Appropriation Act, 1951, approved September 6, 1950 (64 Stat. 595, 693-694). (June 15, 1935, ch. 261, title IV, § 401, 49 Stat. 383; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 654, § 2 (13), 65 Stat. 707; Aug. 30, 1964, Pub. L. 88-523, 78 Stat. 701; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 89-669, § 8(b), 80 Stat. 930.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Beginning with the next full fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, referred to in subsec. (a), first full fiscal year after enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (c) (2) (A), and beginning with the first day of the next full fiscal year hereafter, referred to in subsec. (g), probably means the next full fiscal year following Aug. 30, 1964, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 88-523, which amended this section.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (e), is classified to sections 703-711 of this title.

This Act, referred to in subsec. (g), probably means Pub. L. 88-523, which amended this section.

The paragraph entitled "Management of National Wildlife Refuges" in the General Appropriation Act, 1951, approved September 6, 1950 (64 Stat. 595, 693-694) referred to in subsec. (g), was not classified to the Code.

AMENDMENTS

1966 Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-669 defined the National Wildlife Refuge System to include lands acquired or reserved for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction.

1964-Pub. L. 88-523 substituted the provisions designated as subsecs. (a)-(g) for former provisions constituting one paragraph consisting of a first clause with three provisos and a second clause; required in subsec. (a) all receipts from the National Wildlife Refuge System to be covered into a separate fund in the United States Treasury, made the fund available until expended, provided for expenditures without further appropriation, and defined the National Wildlife Refuge System; incorporated the third proviso of the first clause and the second clause in subsec. (b) and the parenthetical matter of subsec. (c); incorporated in the reserved public lands provision of subsec. (c) (1) the formula of the first clause for returning twenty-five per centum of the net revenues from the System to the counties in which the producing refuges are located for the benefit of the public schools and roads therein; incorporated the first proviso of the first clause in subsec. (c) (1) proviso; substituted subsec. (c) (2) providing an option plan for payment of either 25 per centum of the net receipts from lands acquired in fee by the United States to the counties in which such acquired lands are located or three-fourths of 1 per centum of the adjusted cost of the acquired lands, whichever is higher, for the formula of the first clause for re

turning 25 per centum of the revenues; added provisions of subsecs. (d), (e), and (g); and incorporated the second proviso of the first clause in subsec. (f).

1951-Act Oct. 31, 1951, in second proviso, inserted the reference to application regulations of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, and, in third proviso, inserted the reference to section 485 of Title 40.

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

All functions of all other officers of the Department of the Interior and all functions of all agencies and employees of such Department were, with two exceptions, transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, with power vested in him to authorize their performance or the performance of any of his functions by any of such officers, agencies, and employees, by 1950 Reorg. Plan No. 3, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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. See Appendix to Title 5.

1940 Reorg. Plan No. III consolidated the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Biological Survey, with their respective functions, into one agency in the Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. See Appendix to Title 5.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 688cc, 715k-1 of this title.

HUNTING STAMP TAX

§ 718. Definitions.

(a) Terms defined in sections 703 to 711 of this title, or sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, shall, when used in sections 718 to 718b, and 718c to 718h of this title, have the meaning assigned to such terms in such sections, respectively.

(b) As used in sections 718 to 718b, and 718c to 718h of this title (1) the term "migratory waterfowl" means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of article I of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39 Stat. 1702); (2) the term "State" includes the several States and Territories of the United States and the District of Columbia; and (3) the term "take" means pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or kill. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, 48 Stat. 452.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 709, included within the reference to sections 703 to 711 of this title, was omitted from this Code. 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.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 718a, 718c, 718e, 718f, 718g, 718h of this title.

§ 718a. Hunting stamp for taking migratory waterfowl.

No person who has attained the age of sixteen years shall take any migratory waterfowl unless at the time of such taking he carries on his person an unexpired Federal migratory-bird hunting stamp validated by his signature written by himself in ink across the face of the stamp prior to his taking such birds; except that no such stamp shall be required

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