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ment, conservation, and enhancement of such fish, 

 and, whenever he deems it appropriate, with other 

 non-Federal Interests. Such agreements shall de- 

 scribe (1) the actions to be taken by the Secretary 

 and the cooperating parties, (2) the benefits that 

 are expected to be derived by the States and other 

 non-Federal interests, (3) the estimated cost of these 

 actions. (4) the share of such costs to be borne by 

 the Federal Government and by the States and other 

 non-Federal interests: Provided, That; except as 

 provided in subsection (c) of this section, the Federal 

 share, including the operation and maintenance costs 

 of any facilities constructed by the Secretary pur- 

 suant to sections 757a to 757f of this title, which he 

 annually determines to be a proper Federal cost, shall 

 not exceed 50 per centum of such costs exclusive of 

 the value of any Federal land involved: Provided, 

 ' further. That the non-Federal share may be In the 

 form of real or personal property, the value of which 

 will be determined by the Secretary, as well as 

 money, (5) the term of the agreement, (6) the terms 

 and conditions for disposing of any real or personal 

 property acquired by the Secretary during or at the 

 end of the term of the agreement, and (7) such other 

 terms and conditions as he deems desirable. 



(b) Operation, management, and administration of 

 property. 



The Secretary may also enter Into agreements with 

 the States for the operation of any facilities and 

 management and administration of any lands or 

 Interests therein acquired or facilities constructed 

 pursuant to sections 757a to 757f of this title. 



(c) Increase of Federal share. 



Whenever two or more Statss having a common 

 Interest in any basin jointly enter into a cooperative 

 agreement with the Secretary under subsection (a) 

 of this section to carry out a research and develop- 

 ment program to conserve, develop, and enhance 

 anadromous fishery resources of the Nation, or fish 

 in the Great Lalces that ascend streams to spawn, 

 the Federal share of the program costs shall be in- 

 creased to a maximum of 66% per centum. Struc- 

 tures, devices, or other facilities, ihfcluding fish 

 hatcheries, constructed by such States under a co- 

 operative agreement described in this subsection 

 shall be operated and maintained without cost to the 

 Federal Government. For the purpose of this subsec- 

 tion, the term "basin" includes rivers and their trib- 

 utaries, lakes, and other bodies of water or portions 

 thereof. (As amended Pub. L. 93-362, § 3(a) , July 30, 

 1974, 88 Stat. 398.) 



Amendments 



1974 — Sutisec. (c). Pub. L. 93-362 substituted "66% per 

 centum" for "60 per centum". 



§757b. Same; investiKations, surveys, and research; 

 stream clearance activities; conservation devices 

 and .structures; fish hatcheries; studies, recom- 

 mendations, and reports to States, Congress, and 

 Federal wafer resources construction agencies; 

 water resources projects; property: acquisition, 

 exchanges, cash equalization payments, donations, 

 admnustration, and title. 

 The Secretary, In accordance with any agree- 

 ments entered Into pursuant to section 757a(a) of 



this title, is authorized '1) to conduct such inves- 

 tigations, engineering and biological surveys, and re- 

 search as may be desirable to carry out the program; 

 (2) to carry out stream clearance activities; (3) to 

 construct, install, maintain, and operate devices and 

 structures for the improvement of feeding and 

 spawning conditions, for the protection of fishery re- 

 sources, and for facilitating the free migration of 

 the fish, and for the control of the sea lamprey; (4) 

 to construct, operate, and maintain fish hatcheries 

 wherever necessary to accomplish the purposes of 

 sections 757a to 757f of this title; (5) to conduct 

 such studies and make such recommendations as the 

 Secretary determines to be appropriate regarding 

 the development and management of any stream or 

 other body of water for the conservation and en- 

 hancement of anadromous fishery resources and the 

 fish in the Great Lakes that ascend streams to 

 spawn: Provided, That the reports on such studies 

 and the recommendations of the Secretary shall be 

 transmitted to the States, the Congress, and the Fed- 

 eral water resources construction agencies for their 

 information: Provided further. That sections 757a 

 to 757f of this title shall not be construed as author- 

 izing the formulation or construction of water re- 

 sources projects, except that water resources proj- 

 ects wh'ch are detrrmined by the Secretary ' to be 

 needed solely for the conservation, protection, and 

 enhancement of such fish may be planned and con- 

 structed by the Bureau of Reclamation In its cur- 

 rently authorized geographic area of responsibility 

 or by the Corps of Engineers, or by the Department 

 of Agriculture, or by the States, with funds made 

 available by the Secretary under sections 757a to 

 757f of this title and subject to the cost-sharing and 

 appropriations provisions of sections 757a to '757f 

 of this title; (6) to acquire lands or Interests therein 

 by purchase, lease, donation, or exchange for ac- 

 quired lands or public lands under his jurisdiction 

 which he finds suitable for disposition: Provided. 

 That the lands or Interests therein so exchanged 

 shall involve approximately equal values, as deter- 

 mined by the Secretary: Provided further. That the 

 Secretary may accept cash from, 05 pay cash to, the 

 grantor in such an exchange In order to equalize the 

 values of the properties exchanged; (7) to accept 

 donations of funds and to use such funds to acquire 

 or manage lands or interests therein; and (8) to ad- 

 minister such lands or Interests therein for the pur- 

 poses of sections 757a to 757f of this title. Title to 

 lands or Interests therein acquired pursuant to sec- 

 tions 757a to 757f of this title shall be In the United 

 States. (As amended Pub. L. 93-362, § 1, July 30, 

 1974, 88 Stat. 398.) 



Amendments 

 1974 — CI. (3). Pub. L. 93-362 Inserted reference to the 

 control of the sea lamprey. 



§757c. Same; prior approval by other Federal depart- 

 ments or agencies of activities on lands admin- 

 istered by such departments or agencies. 



Activities authorized by sections 757a to 757f of 



' So In original. 



