906 



No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 P.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 

 1433.) 



§710. Partial invalidity; short title. 



If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of sec- 

 tions 703 to 711 of this title, which shall be known by 

 the short title of the "Migratory Bird Treaty Act", 

 shall for any reason, be adjudged by any court of 

 competent jurisdiction to be Invalid, such judgment 

 shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder 

 thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the 

 clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly 

 involved in the controversy in which such judgment 

 shall have been rendered. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 

 §§ 1, 10, 40 Stat. 755. 757.) 



§ 711. Breeding and sale for food supply. 



Nothing in sections 703 to 710 of this title shall be 

 construed to prevent the breeding of migratory game 

 birds on farms and preserves and the sale of birds 

 so bred under proper regulation for the purpose of 

 increasing the food supply. (July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 

 § 12, 40 Stat. 757.) 



MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION 



§ 715. Short title. 



Sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 715Z to 

 715r of this title shall be known by the short title of 

 "Migratory Bird Conservation Act." (Feb. 18, 1929, 

 ch. 257, i 1, 45 Stat. 1222.) 



§ 715a. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; 

 creation; composition; duties; approval of areas 

 of land and water recommended for purchase or 

 rental. 



A commission to be known as the Migratory Bird 

 Conservation Commission, consisting of the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior, as chairman, the Secretary of 

 Transportation, the Secretary of Agriculture and two 

 Members of the Senate, to be selected by the Presi- 

 dent of the Senate, and two Members of the House of 

 Representatives to be selected by the Speaker, is 

 created and authorized to consider and pass upon 

 any area of land, water, or land and water that may 

 be recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for 

 purchase or rental under sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 

 715f to 715k, and 7151 to 715r of this title, and to fix 

 the price or prices at which such area may be pur- 

 chased or rented : and no purchase or rental shall be 

 made of any such area until it has been duly ap- 

 proved for purchase or rental by said commission. 

 Any Member of the House of Representatives who is 

 a member of the commission, if reelected to the suc- 

 ceeding Congress, may serve on the commission not- 

 withstanding the expiration of a Congress. Any va- 

 cancy on the commission shall be filled in the same 

 manner as the original appointment. The ranking 

 officer of the branch or department of a State to 

 which is committed the administration of its game 

 laws, or his authorized representative, and in a 

 State having no such branch or department, the 

 governor thereof, or his authorized representative, 

 shall be a member ex officio of said commission for 

 the purpose of considering and voting on all ques- 

 tions relating to the acquisition, under said sections. 



of areas in his State. For purp)oses of sections 715 



to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 715Z to 715r of this 



title, the purchase or rental of any area of land, 



water, or land and water includes the purchase or 



rental of any interest in any such area of land, 



water, or land and water. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 2, 



45 Stat. 1222; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), (h), 



eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, 1434; 



Mar. 2, 1968, Pub. L. 90-261, 82 Stat. 39; Pub. L. 94- 



215, § 4, Feb. 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 190.) 



Amendments 



1976 — Pub. L. 94-215 added the last sentence to this 

 section. 



§ 715b. Same; annual report. 



The commission created by section 715a of this 

 title shall, through its chairman, annually report in 

 detail to Congress, not later than the first Monday 

 in December, the operations of the commission dur- 

 ing the preceding fiscal year. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, 

 § 3, 45 Stat. 1223.) 



§ 715c. Areas recommended for approval; character. 



The Secretary of the Interior shall recommend no 

 area for purchase or rental under the terms of sec- 

 tions 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 715? to 715r 

 of this title except such as he shall determine is 

 necessary for the conservation of migratory birds. 

 (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 4, 45 SUt. 1223; 1939 Reorg. 

 Plan No. n, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 P.R. 2731, 53 

 Stat. 1433; Oct. 15, 1966. Pub. L. 89-669, §7(a), 80 

 SUt. 929.) 



§715d. Purchase or rental of approveJ areas; gifts 

 and devises; United Slates lands. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to 

 purchase or rent such areas as have been approved 

 for purchase or rental by the commission, at the price 

 or prices fixed by said commission, and to acquire 

 by gift or devise, for use as inviolate sanctuaries for 

 migratory birds, areas which he shall determine to 

 be suitable for such purposes, and to pay the purchase 

 or rental price and expenses incident to the location, 

 examination, and survey of such areas and the ac- 

 quisition of title thereto, including options when 

 deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior 

 from moneys to be appropriated hereunder by Con- 

 gress from time to time: Provided. That no lands 

 acquired, held, or used by the United States for mili- 

 tary purposes shall be subject to any of the provi- 

 sions of sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 715k, and 

 715ito715rof this title. (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 5,45 

 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f ) , eff. July 1, 

 1939, 4 P. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) 



§§ 715d-l, 715d-2. Repealed. Pub. L. 89-669, § 8(a), Oct. 

 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930. 

 Sections, act June 15. 1935. ch. 216, title III. §§ 302, 303. 

 49 Stat. 382, provided for acceptance of land in exchange 

 for other land or timber, 'etc. rights and for acceptance of 

 land In exchange for patent to ncnmlneral public land, 

 and Is now covered by section 668dd(b)(3) of this title. 



