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(1) The Secretary shall so notify the Secretary 

 of the Interior in order that the latter, as he de- 

 sires, may make surveys and investigations and 

 prepare a refwrt with recommendations concerning 

 the conservation and development of wildlife re- 

 sources and participate, under arrangements satis- 

 factory to the Secretary of Agriculture, in the 

 preptaration of a plan for works of improvement 

 that is acceptable to the local organization and the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. 



(2) Pull consideration shall be given to the rec- 

 ommendations contained in any such report of the 

 Secretary of the Interior as he may submit to the 

 Secretary of Agriculture prior to the time the local 

 organization and the Secretary of Agriculture have 

 agreed on a plan for works of improvement. The 

 plan shall include such of the technically and eco- 

 nomically feasible works of improvement for wild- 

 life purposes recommended in the repwrt by the 

 Secretary of the Interior as «u-e acceptable to, and 

 agreed to by, the local organization and the Secre- 

 tary of Agriculture, and such repwrt of the Secretary 

 of the Interior shall, if requested by the Secretary 

 of the Interior, accompany the plan for works of 

 improvement when it is submitted to the Secretary 

 of Agriculture for approval or transmitted to the 

 Congress through the President. 



(3) The cost of making surveys and investiga- 

 tions and of preparing repwrts concernirig the con- 

 servation and development of wildlife resources 



shall be borne by the Secretary of the Interior out 

 of funds appropriated to his Department. (Aug. 

 4, 1954, ch. 656, I 12, as added Aug. 12, 1958, Pub. L. 

 85-624, § 3, 72 Stat. 567.) 



§ 1009. Joint investigations and surveys by Secretary 

 of the Army and Secretary of Agriculture; reports 

 to Congress. 



The Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of 

 Agriculture, when authorized to do so by resolutions 

 adopted by the Committee on Public Works of the 

 Senate or the Committee on Public Works of the 

 House of Representatives, are authorized and di- 

 rected to make joint investigations and surveys in 

 accordance with iheir existing authorities of water- 

 shed areas in the United States, Puerto Rico, and 

 the Virgin Islands, and to prepare joint reports on 

 such investigations and surveys setting forth their 

 recommendations for the installation of the works 

 of improvement needed for flood prevention or the 

 conservation, development, utilization, and disposal 

 of water, and for flood control and allied purposes. 

 Such joint reports shall be submitted to the Con- 

 gress through the President for adoption and au- 

 thorization by the Congress of the recommended 

 works of improvement: Provided, That the proj- 

 ect authorization procedure established by this 

 chapter shall not be affected. (Pub. L. 87-639, { 1. 

 Sept. 5, 1962, 76 Stat. 438.) 



8. Fish and Wildlife Conservation on Military Reservations 



16 U.S.C. 670a-670o 



§670a. Wildlife, fish, and game consc-vation; coopera- 

 tive plan between Secretary of Defense, Secretary 

 of Interior, and State agencies; permits; fees. 



The Secretary of Defenpe is hereby authorized 

 to carry out a program of planning, development, 

 maintenance a-d coordinatian of wildlife, fish and 

 game conservation and rehabilitation in military 

 reservations in accordance with a cooperative plan 

 mutvial'y agreed upon by the Secretary of Defense, 

 the Secretary of Interior and the appropriate State 

 agenry designated by the State in which the reserva- 

 tion is located. Such coorerative plan shall provide 

 for (1) fish and wildlife habitat improvements or 

 modifications, (2) range rehabilitaUon where neces- 

 sary for support of wildlife, and (3) control of off- 

 road vehicle traffic. Such cooperative plan may stip- 

 ulate the issuance of special State hunting and fish- 

 ing permits to individuals and require this payment 

 of a nominal fee therefor, which fees shall be utilized 

 for the protection, conservation and management of 

 fish and wilc'Ufe, including habitat improvement and 

 related activities in accordance with the cooperative 

 plan: Provided, That the Commanding Officer of the 

 reservation or persons derignated by him are au- 

 thorized to enforce such special hunting and fishing 

 permits and to collect the fees therefor, acting as 

 agent or agents for the S^ate if the cooperative plan 



so provides. (Pub. L. 86-797, title I, i 101, formerly 

 § 1, Sept. 15, 1960, 74 Stat. 1052. renumbered and 

 amended Pub. L. 93-452, §§ 1(1), 3(1), (2), Oct. 18, 

 1974, 88 Stat. 1339, 1375.) 



Amentments 

 1974_Pub. L. 93-452, §§1(1). 3(2t, added provislORs 

 requiring the cooperative plan to provide for fish and 

 wildlife habitat lmpr:)vemento. range rehabilitation, and 

 off -road ve'ilcle traffic control. 



§670h. Migratory iranse birds; permits; fees; Stamp 

 Act and State law requirements. 



The Secretary of Defense in cooperation with the 

 Secretary of the Int'-rior a^d the appropriate State 

 agency is authorized to carry out a program for the 

 conservation, re'toration and management of migra- 

 tory game tirds on military reservations, including 

 the issuance of special hunting permits and the 

 collection of fees therefor, in accordance with a co- 

 operative plan mutually agreed upon by the Secre- 

 tory of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior and 

 the appropriate State agency: Provided, That pos- 

 session of a special permit for hunting migiatory 

 game birds issued pursuant to this subchapter shall 

 not relieve the permittee of the requirements of the 



