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for by such transfers of funds between said appro- 

 priations for the fiscal year then current without 

 decreasing In any way the appropriations made for 

 that fiscal year: Provided, That supplies and mate- 

 rials shall not be purchased solely for the purpose of 

 increasing the value of storehouse stock beyond rea- 

 sonable requirements (or any current fiscal year. 

 (June 24, 1936, ch. 764, 49 Stat. 1913; 1939 Reorg. 

 Plan No. II, § 4 (e) , (f ) , eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 273) , 

 53 Stat. 1433.) 



§ 667a. State compacts for regulation of fishing in 

 territorial or inland waters. 



The consent of Congress Is given to any two 

 or more of the States of Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, 

 New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North 

 Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, to 

 enter Into compacts or agreements, not in conflict 

 with any law of the United States, for cooperative 

 effort and mutual assistance for the uniform, com- 

 mon, or mutual regulation of fishing or of any species 

 of flsh, mollusks, or crustacea in the territorial wa- 

 ters and bays and inlets of the Atlantic Ocean on 

 which such States border or to which their juris- 

 diction otherwise extends and of anadromous fish' 

 spawning in the Inland waters of those States. 



The consent of Congress is granted to States other 

 than those specified but which have jurisdiction over 

 Inland waters frequented by anadromous fish of the 

 sea to enter into compacts or agreements authorized 

 by this section. 



The consent of Congress is given to any of the 

 aforementioned States to establish such agencies 

 or authorities, joint or otherwise, as they may 

 deem desirable for making effective compacts or 

 agreements authorized in this section. 



Any such compact or agreement shall not be bind- 

 ing or obligatory upon the signatory States unless 

 It has been approved by the legislatures of such 

 States and by the Congress of the United States. 

 (June 8, 1940. ch. 295, §§ 1—4, 54 Stat. 261.) 



vation of wildlife relates to other than migratory 

 birds, or (b) to the Secretary of the Interior if the 

 real property has particular value in carrying out 

 the national migratory bird management program. 

 Any such transfer to other than the United States 

 shall be subject to the reservation by the United 

 States of all oil, gas, and mineral rights, and to the 

 condition that the property shall continue to be used 

 for wildlife conservation or other of the above-stated 

 purposes and in the event it is no longer used for 

 such purposes or in the event it is needed for na- 

 tional defense purposes title thereto shall revert to 

 the United States. (As amended Sept. 26, 1972, Pub. 

 L. 92-432, 86 Stat. 723.) 



Amendments 

 1972-Pub. L. 92^32 substituted "is valuable for use 

 for any such purpose" for "Is chiefly valuable for use for 

 any such purpose" In cl. (2) of the first sentence 



§6G7c. Same; publication of designating order. 



Whenever any real property is transferred pur- 

 suant to sections 667b to 667d of this Utie. the Admin- 

 istrator of General Services shall make and have pub- 

 lished in the Federal Register an appropriate order, 

 which may be revised from time to time In like man- 

 n£r, designating for which of the purposes specified 

 In section 667b of this title the property so trans- 

 ferred shall be used. (May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 2, 62 

 Stat. 241; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I § 105 63 

 Stat. 381.) 



§ 667d. Same ; reports to Congress. 



A statement of the acreage and value of such prop- 

 erty as may have been transferred pursuant to sec- 

 tions 667b to 667d of this title during the preceding 

 fiscal year shall be annually prepared by the Admin- 

 istrator of General Services and shall be Included in 

 the annual budget transmitted to the Congress. 

 'May 19, 1948, ch. 310, §3, 62 Stat. 241; June 30, 

 1949, ch. 288, title I, S 105, 63 Stat. 381.) 



§667b. Transfer of certain real property for wildlife 

 conservation purposes ;^ reservation of rights. 



Upon request, real property which is under the 

 jurisdiction or control of a Federal agency and no 

 longer required by such agency, (1) can be utilized 

 for wildlife conservation purposes by the agency of 

 the State exercising administration over the wild- 

 life resources of the State wherein the real property 

 lies or by the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) is 

 valuable for use for any such purpose, and which, 

 in the determination of the Administrator of Gen- 

 eral Services, is available for such use may, notwith- 

 standing any other provisions of law, be transferred 

 without reimbursement or transfer of funds (with 

 or without improvements as determined by said 

 Administrator) by the Federal agency having juris- 

 diction or control of the property to (a) such State 

 agency if the management thereof for the conser- 



§ 667e. Dead bodies of game animals or game or song 

 birds, subject to laws of State. 



All dead bodies, or parts thereof, of any foreign 

 game animals, or game or song birds the importation 

 of which is prohibited, or the dead bodies, or parts 

 thereof, of any wild game animals or game or song 

 birds transported into any State or Territory, or re- 

 maining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage 

 therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory 

 be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of 

 such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of Its 

 police powers, to the same extent and In the same 

 manner as though such animals or birds had been 

 produced in such State or Territory, and shall not 

 be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced 

 therein in original packages or otherwise. (May 25, 

 1900, ch. 553, 5 5, 31 Stat. 188.) 



