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25. Wildlife Conservation at Water Resource Projects of the Secretary 



of the Army 



33 U.S.C. 540 



§540. Investigations and improvements; control by 

 Department of the Army; wildlife conservation. 



Federal investigations and improvements of 

 rivers, harbors, and other waterways shall be under 

 the jurisdiction of and shall be prosecuted by the 

 Department of the Army under the direction of the 



Secretary of the Army and the supervision of the 

 Chief of Engineers, except as otherwise specifically 

 provided by Act of Congress, which said investiga- 

 tions and improvements shall include a due regard 

 for wildlife conservation. (June 20. 1938, ch. 535. 

 § 1. 52 Stat. 802.) 



26. Wildlife Restoration Projects 

 16 US.C. 669-669i 



Sec 



669 Cooperation of Secretary ot the Interior with 



States; conditions 

 669a. Definitions. 



669b Appropriations; disposition of unexpended funds 

 669b-l. Appropriation of accumulated unappropriated 



receipts. 

 669c. Apportionment of funds; expenses of Secretary. 

 669d Same; certification to States and Secretary of 



Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of 



funds tiot accepted 

 669e. Submission eind approval of plans and projects. 



(a) Setting aside funds. 



(b) Definition. 



(c) Costs. 



669f. Payment of lunds to States; laws governing con- 

 struction and labor 



669g. Maintenance of projecis; expenditures for manage- 

 ment of wildlife areas and resources. 



669g-l. Payment of funds to and cooperation with 

 Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 



669h. Employment of personnel; equipment, etc. 



6691. Rules and regulations. 



669J. Flepealed. 



§ 669. Cooperation of Secretary of the Interior with 

 States; conditions. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to co- 

 operate with the States, through their respective 

 State fish and game departments, in wildlife-restora- 

 tion projects as hereinafter in this chapter set forth; 

 but no money apportioned under this chapter to any 

 State shall be expended therein until its legislature, 

 or other State agency authorized by the State con- 

 stitution to make laws governing the conservation of 

 wUdUfe, shall have assented to the provision of this 

 chapter and shall have passed laws for tlie con- 

 servation of wildlife which shall include a prohibi- 

 tion against the diversion of license fees paid by 

 himters for any other purpose than the admin- 

 istration of said State fish and game depart- 

 ment, except that, until the final adjournment of the 

 first regular session of the legislature held after 

 September 2, 1937, the assent of the Governor of 

 the State shall be sufficient. The Secretary of the 

 Interior and the State fish and game department 

 of each State accepting the benefits of said sections, 

 shall agree upon the wildlife-restoration projects to 

 be aided in such State imder the terms of this chap- 

 ter and all projects shall conform to the standards 

 fixed by the Secretary of the Interior. (Sept. 2, 

 1937, ch. 899, § 1. 50 Stat. 917; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. 

 n, I 4 (f) , efr. July 1, 1939, 4 P. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) 



§669a. Definitions. 



For the purposes of this chapter the term "wild- 

 life-restoration project" shall be constnied to meaa. 

 and Include the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, 

 and improvement of areas of land or water adapt- 

 able as feeding, resting, or breeding places for 

 wlldUfe, including acquisition by [mrchase, con- 

 denmatlon, lease, or gift of such areas or estates or 

 interests therein as are suitable or capable of being 

 made suitable therefor, and the construction thereon 

 or therein of such works as may be necessary to make 

 them available for su<^ piuposes and also including 

 such research into problems of wildlife management 

 as may be necessary to efficient administration af- 

 fecting wlldlift resources, and such preliminary or 

 incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred In 

 and about such projects: the term "State fish and 

 game department" shall be construed to mean and 

 include any department or division of department of 

 another name, or commission, or official or officials, 

 of a State empowered under its laws to exercise the 

 functions ordinarily exercised by a State fish and 

 game department. (Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, i 2, 50 Stat. 

 917; July 2, 1956, ch. 489, 5 1. 70 Stat. 473: July 12. 

 1960, Pub. L. 86-624, § 10, 74 Stat. 412.) 



Amendments 



1960 — Pub. L. 86-624 eliminated provisions which de- 

 fined the term "State" as including the several States 

 and the Territory of Hawaii. 



1956 — Act July 2, 1956, Included the definition of 

 "State". 



§669b. Appropriations; disposition of unexpended 

 funds. 



An amount equal to all revenues accruing each 

 fiscal year (banning with the fiscal year 1975) from 

 .any tax ImpoSefl on specified articles by sections 4161 

 (b) and 4181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 

 shall, subject to the exemptions in section 4182 of 

 such Code, be covered into the Federal aid to wildlife 

 restoration fund in the Treasury (hereinafter re- 

 ferred to as the "fund") and is authorized to be 

 appropriated and made available until expended to 

 carry out the purposes of this chapter. (As amended 

 Oct. 25, 1972, Pub. L. 92-558, title I, § 101(a) , 86 Stat. 

 1172.) 



Amendments 

 1972— Pub. L. 92-558 substituted "(beginning with the 



