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animals or part or egg thereof seized with or without 

 a search warrant shall be held by such person or by 

 a United States marshal, and upon conviction, shall 

 be forfeited to the United States and dlspwsed of by 

 the court. 



(g) Regulations; continuation, modification, or rescis- 

 sion. 



Regulations applicable to areas of the System that 

 are in effect on October 15, 1966, shall continue in 

 effect until modified or rescinded. 



(h) National conservation recreational area provi- 

 sions; amendment, repeal, or modification. 



Nothing In this section shall be construed to 

 amend, repeal, or otherwise modify the provision of 

 sections 460k to 4601c-4 of this title which authorizes 

 the Secretary of the Interior to administer the areas 

 within the System for public recreation. The provi- 

 sions of this section relating to recreation shall be 

 administered in accordance with the provisions of 

 said sections. 



(i) Exemption from State water laws. 



Nothing in this Act shall constitute an express or 

 Implied claim or denial on the part of the Federal 

 Government as to exemption from State water laws 

 (As amended Pub. L 93-205, § 13(a), Dec. 28, 1973, 

 1603; Pub. L. 94-215, § 5, Feb. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 189; 

 Pub. L. 94-223, Feb. 27, 1976, 90 Stat. 199.) 



Amendments 



■ 1976 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-223 amended subsec. 

 (a) generally. 



Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 94-215 amended paragraph 

 (3) generally. 



1974 — Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-509 designated existing 

 provisions as par. (1)(A) and (B), and added par. (2). 



1973— Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 93-205 inserted "With the 

 exception of endangered species and threatened species 

 listed by the Secretary pursuant to section 1533 of this 

 title In States wherein a cooperative agreement does not 

 exist pursuant to section 1535(c) of this title" preced- 

 ing "nothing In this Act shall be construed" and struck 

 out ". Including endangered species thereof," preceding 

 "on lands not within the System" in the second sentence. 



National Wildlife Reftjges 



Date of 

 Site of Refuge Designation 



Egmont Key National Wildlife Refuge, 



FlB July 10, 1974 



Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife 



Refuge, Virginia and North Carolina.-. Aug. 30, 1974 

 San Francisco Bay National Wildlife 



Refuge, Calif June 30, 1972 



Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge, 



Calif- - - Aug. 29, 1972 



Wyandotte National Wildlife Refuge, 

 Mich Aug. 3, 1961 



National Environmental Centers 

 Enrnronmental Centers Date Designated 

 Tlnlcum National Environmental Cen- 

 ter, Pennsylvania June 30, 1972 



Effective Date of 1974 Amendment 

 Section 3 of Pub. L. 93-509 provided that: "Section 4 

 (d)(2) of the Act of (October 15, 1966 (as added by this 

 Act) Isuosec. (d)(2) of this section], shall apply with 

 respect to any right-of-way, easement, or reservation 

 granted by the Secretary of the Interior on or after the 

 date of the enactment of this Act (Dec. 3. 1974), Includ- 

 ing any right-of-way. easement, or reservation granted on 

 or after such date In connection wlBh any use permitted 

 by him pursuant to section 4(d)(2) of the Act of Octo- 



ber 15. 1966 (now subsec. (d)(1)(B) of this section) (as 

 in effect before the date of the enactment of this Act)." 



§ 668ee. Definitions. 



(a) The term "person" as used in this Act means 

 any Individual, partnership, corporation, or associa- 

 tion. 



(b) The terms "take" or "taking" or "taken" as 

 used in this Act mean to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, 

 collect, kill, or attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, cap- 

 ture, collect, or kill. 



(c) The terms "State" and the "United States" as 

 used in this Act mean the several States of the United 

 States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American 

 Samoa, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. (Pub. L. 89- 

 669, §5, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 929.) 



§668fr. San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge; 

 establishment and designation. 



For the preservation and enhancement of highly 

 significant wildlife habitat in the area known as 

 south San Francisco Bay in the State of California, 

 for the protection of migatory waterfowl and other 

 wildlife, including species known to be threatened 

 with extinction, and to provide an opportunity for 

 wildlife-oriented recreation and nature study within 

 the open space so preserved, the Secretary of the In- 

 terior (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") 

 is authorized and directed to establish, as herein pro- 

 vided, a national wildlife refuge to be known as the 

 San Francisco Bay National WUdlife Refuge (here- 

 inafter referred to as the "refuge") . (Pub. L. 92-330, 

 §1, June 30, 1972, 86 Stat. 399.) 



§ 668gg. Same; description. 



There shall be included within the boundaries of 

 the refuge those lands, marshes, tidal flats, salt 

 ponds, submerged lands, and open waters in the 

 south San Francisco Bay area generally depicted 

 on the map entitled "Boundary Map, Proposed San 

 Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge", dated 

 July 1971, and which comprise approximately 

 twenty-one thousand six hundred and sixty-two 

 acres within four distinct units to be known as Fre- 

 mont (five thousand five hundred and twenty acres) , 

 Mowry Slough (seven thousand one hundred and 

 seventy-five acres), Alviso (three thousand and 

 eighty acres) , and Greco Island (five thousand eight 

 hundred and eighty-seven acres) . Said boundary 

 map shall be on file and available for public inspec- 

 tion in the ofBces of the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 

 and WUdlife, Department of the Interior. (Pub. L. 

 92-330, § 2, June 30, 1972, 86 SUt. 399.) 



§668hh. Same; establishment of area; publication in 

 Federal Register; corrections in boundaries; 

 maximum area; administration by Secretary. 



(a) The Secretary shall establish the refuge by 

 publication of a notice ,to that effect in the Federal 

 Register at such time as he determines that lands, 

 waters, and interests therein sufficient to constitute 

 an efficiently administrable refuge have been ac- 

 quired for administration in accordance with the 

 purposes of sections 668ff to 668jj of this title. The 

 Secretary may from time to time make corrections 



