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proportional to its acreage of such public lands 

 therein; and 



(2) to each county in which areas in the System 

 are situated that have been acquired in fee by the 

 United States, either (A) three-fourths of 1 per 

 centum of the cost of the areas, exclusive of any 

 improvements to such areas made subsequent to 

 Federal acquisition, such cost to be adjusted to 

 represent current values as determined by the Sec- 

 retary for the first full fiscal year after enactment 

 of this Act and as redetermined by him at five- 

 year intervals thereafter, or (B) 25 per centum of 

 the net receipts coUectc' by the Secretary from 

 such acquired lands in that particular area of the 

 System within such counties, whichever is greater. 

 The determinations by the Secretary under this 

 subsection shall be accomplished in such manner 

 as he shall consider to be equitable and in the 

 public interest, and his determinations hereunder 

 shall be final and conclusive. 



(d) Limitation on amount; reduction of payments. 



The payments under subsection (c) of this section 

 to the counties in the United States for any one fiscal 

 year shall not exceed the amount of net receipts in 

 the fund for that fiscal year and. in case the net 

 receipts are Insufficient for a particular fiscal year to 

 pay the aggregate amount of the payments for that 

 fiscal year to the counties, the payment to each 

 county shall be reduced proportionately. 



(e) Use and transfer of surplus funds. 



Any moneys remaining in the fund after all pay- 

 ments under this section are made for any fiscal 

 year shall be transferred to the Migratory Bird Con- 

 servation Fund and shall be available for land acqui- 

 sition under the provisions of the Migratory Bird 

 Conservation Act; except that the funds available 

 for the management of the National Wildlife Refuge 

 System or for enforcement of the Migratory Bird 

 Treaty Act shall not be diminished by the amend- 

 ments made to this subsection by the National Wild- 

 life Refuge System Administration Act Amendments 

 of 1974, unless by specific Act of Congress. 



(f) Terms, conditions, and regulations for disposition 

 of surplus products, grant of privileges, and execu- 

 tion of other activities resulting in the collection 

 of revenues. 

 The disposition or sale of surplus animals, min- 

 erals, and other products, the grant of privileges, 

 and the carrying out of any other activities that re- 

 sult in the collection of revenues within any areas of 

 the System may be accomplished upon such terms, 

 conditions, or regulations, including sale in the open 

 marlcets, as the Secretary shall determine to be in 

 the best interest of the United States. Further, the 

 Secretai-y may dispose of such surplus animals by 

 exchange of the same or other kinds, gift or loan to 

 public institutions for exhibition or propagation pur- 

 poses and for the advancement of knowledge and the 

 dissemination of information relating to the con- 

 servation of wildlife in accordance with such regula- 

 tions as he may prescritie. 



(k) Supersedure and repeal of other provisions. 



Beginning with the first day of the next full fiscal 

 year hereafter, the provisions of this Act shall super- 



sede and repeal the provisions of the paragraph en- 

 titled "Management of National Wildlife Refuges" 

 in the General Appropriation Act, 1951, approved 

 September 6, 1950 <64 Stat. 595, 693—694). (June 

 15, 1935, ch. 261, title IV, § 401, 49 Stat. 383; 1939 

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

 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. Ill, § 3, eff. 

 June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat 1232; Oct. 31, 

 1951, ch. 654, § 2 (13), 65 Stat. 707; Aug. 30, 1964, 

 Pub. L. 88-523, 78 Stat. 701; Oct. 15, 1966, Pub. L. 

 89-669, § 8(b) , 80 Stat. 930.) 



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



67 Stat. 902; Dec. 3, 1974, Pub. L. 93-509. § 4, 88 Stat. 



1603.) 



Amendments 



1974 — Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93-509 substituted provisions 

 that moneys remaining In the fund after all payments 

 under this section are made for any fiscal year shall be 

 transferred to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and 

 shall be available for land acquisition und?r the Migra- 

 tory Bird Conservation Act with exception that the funds 

 available for the management of the National Wildlife 

 Refuge System or for enforcement of the Migratory Bird 

 Treaty Act shall not be diminished for provisions that 

 moneys remaining in the fund after all payments are 

 made for any fiscal year may be used by the Secretary 

 thereafter for management of the System, including but 

 not limited to the construction, improvement, repair, and 

 alteration of buildings, roads, and other facilities, and for 

 enforcement of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 



1973 — Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-205 substituted "listed 

 pursuant, to section 1533 of this title as endangered species 

 or threatened species," for "threatened with extinction,". 



HUNTING STAMP TAX 

 §718. Definitions. 



(a) Terms defined in sections 703 to 711 of this 

 title, or sections 715 to 715d, 715e, 715f to 7l5k, and 

 715i to 715r of this title, shall, when used in sections 

 718 to 718b, and 718c to 718h of this title, have the 

 meaning assigned to such terms in such sections, 

 respectively. 



(b) As used in sections 718 to 718b, and 718c to 

 718h of this title (1) the term "migratory waterfowl" 

 means the species enumerated in paragraph (a) of 

 subdivision 1 of article I of the treaty between the 

 United States and Great Britain for the protection 

 of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916 (39 

 Stat. 1702) ; (2) the term "State" includes the sev- 

 eral States and Territories of the United States and 

 the District of Columbia; and (3) the term "take" 

 means pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, kill, or 

 attempt to pursue, hunt, shoot, capture, collect, or 

 kill. (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, 48 Stat. 452.) 



§ 718a. Hunting stamp for taking migratory water- 

 fowl. 



No person who has attained the age of sixteen 

 years shall take any migratory waterfowl unless at 

 the time of such taking he carries on his person an 

 unexpired Federal migratory -bird hunting and 

 conservation stamp validated by his signature 

 written by himself in ink across the face of the 

 stamp prior to his taking such birds; except that 

 no such stamp shall be required for the taking of 

 migratory waterfowl by Federal or State institu- 

 tions or official agencies, or for propagation, or 

 by the resident owner, tenant, or share cropper of 



