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fiscal year 1S75)" for "(beginning with the fiscal year 

 1971)" and added reference to section 4161(b) of the 

 Internal Revenue Code of 1954. 



1970 — Pub. L. 91-603 added provisions for the deposit 

 of the 10 per cent tax on pistols and revolvers under sec- 

 tion 4181 of Title 26 Into the Federal aid to wildlife res- 

 toration fund beginning In fiscal year 1971. 



§669b-l. Appropriation of accumulated unappropri- 

 ated receipts. 

 There Is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out 

 of the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund estab- 

 lished by this chapter, for the 1956 fiscal year and 

 for each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to 

 20 per centum of the accumulated unappropriated 

 receipts in such fund on August 12. 1955, uptil the 

 accumulated unappropriated receipts in such fund 

 on such date have Ijeen appropriated and expended. 

 Funds appropriated under the authority of this 

 section shall be made avaUable to the States in ac- 

 cordance with the provisions of, and under the ap- 

 portionment formula set forth in. this chapter, and 

 shall be in addition to the funds appropriated under 

 secUon 669b of this tiUe. (Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 861, 

 S 1.69 Stat. 698.) 



§ 669c. Apportionment of funds; expanses of Secre- 

 tary. 



(a) So much, not to exceed 8 per centum, of the 

 revenues covered into said fund in each fiscal year as 

 the Secretary of the Interior may estimate to be 

 necessary for his expenses in the administration and 

 execution of this chapter and the Migratory Bird 

 Conservation Act shall be deducted for that pur- 

 pose, and such sum is authorized to be made avail- 

 able therefor until the expiration of the next suc- 

 ceeding fiscal year, and within sixty days after the 

 close of such fiscal year the Secretary of the Interior 

 shall apportion such part thereof as remains unex- 

 pended by him, if any, and make certificate thereof 

 to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the State 

 fish and game departments on the same basis and 

 in the same manner as is provide^ as to other 

 amounts authorized by this chapter to be appor- 

 tioned among the States for such current fiscal year. 

 The Secretary of the Interior, alter making the 

 aforesaid deduction, shall apportion, except as pro- 

 vided in subsection (b) of this section, the remainder 

 of the revenue in said fund for each fiscal year 

 among the several States in the following qoann^r: 

 One-half in the ratio which the are^ of each State 

 bears to the total area of all the States, and one- 

 half In the ratio which the number of pcUd hunting- 

 license holders of each State in the second fiscal 

 year preceding the fiscal year for which such appor- 

 tionment is made, as certified to said Secretary by 

 the State fish and game departments, bears to the 

 total number of paid hunting-license holders of all 

 the States. Such apportionments shall be adjusted 

 equitably so that no State shall receive less than 

 one-half of 1 per centum nor more than 5 per cen- 

 tum of the total amount apportioned. The term fiscal 

 year as used in this chapter shall be a period of 

 twelve consecutive months from October 1 through 

 the succeeding September 30, except that the 

 period for enumeration of paid hunting-license 

 holders shall be a State's fiscal or license year. 

 <b) One-half of the revenues accruing to the fund 



under this chapter each fiscal year (beginning with 

 the fiscal year 1975) from any tex imposed on pistols, 

 revolvers, bows, and arrows shall be apportioned 

 among the States in proportion to the ratio that the 

 population of each State bears to the population of 

 all the States: Provided, That each State shall be 

 apportioned not more than 3 per centum and not less 

 than 1 per centum of such revenues. For the purpose 

 of this subsection, population shall be determined on 

 the basis of the latest decennial census for which 

 figures are available, as certified by the Secretary of 

 Commerce. (As amended Oct. 25, 1972, Pub. L. 92-558. 

 title I, § 101(b), 86 Stat. 1172; Pub. L. 94-273, 

 § 4(1) , Apr. 21. 1976, 90 Stat. 377.) 



Amendments 



1976 — Pub. L. 94-273 substituted "October" and 

 "September" for "July" and "June", respectively. 



1972— Subsec. (b) . Pub. L. 92-568 substituted "(begin- 

 ning with the fiscal year 1975)" for "(beginning with the 

 fiscal year 1971)" and "plstcls, revolvers, bows, and 

 arrows" for "pistols and revolvers". 



1970 — Pub. L. 91-503 designated existing provisions as 

 subsec. (a) and in subsec. (a) as so designated, substi- 

 tuted "second fiscal year preceding" for "preceding fiscal 

 year" In the provision dealing with the apportionment 

 by the Secretary of the Interior, defined the term "fiscal 

 year", and eliminated provisions dealing with the maxi- 

 mum and minimum apportionments "to all the States", 

 and added subsec. (b) . 



1946 — Act July 24. 1946, substituted proviso making 

 apportionment upon a percentage basis for provisos pro- 

 viding for certain definite sums to be apportioned to 

 each State. 



§669d. Same; certification to States and Secretary of 

 Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of 

 funds not accepted. 



For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior 

 shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury and to 

 each State fish and game department the sum which 

 he has estimated to be deducted for administering 

 and executing this chapter and the Migratory Bird 

 Conservation Act and the sum which he has ap- 

 portioned to each State. Any State desiring to avail 

 itself of the benefits of this chapter shall notify the 

 Secretary of the Interior to this effect within sixty 

 days after it has received the certification referred 

 to in this section. The sum apportioned to any State 

 which fails to notify the Secretary of the Interior 

 as nerein provided is authorized to be made available 

 for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in 

 carrying out the provisions of the Migratory Bird 

 Conservation Act. (Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 889, i 5, 50 Stat. 

 918; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. U, i 4(f), eS. July 1, 1939 

 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Oct. 23. 1970, Pub. L. 91- 

 503. UUe I, i 102, 84 Stat. 1098.) 

 Amendments 



1970 — Pub L. 91-503 eliminated existing requirement 

 that apportionments be made by February 20 of each year 

 preceding the commencement oJ the fiscal year in which 

 the funds would be used 



§ 669e. Submission and approval of plans and projects, 

 (a) Setting a.side funds. 



Any State desiring to avail itself of the benefits 

 of this chapter shall, by its State fish and game 

 department, submit programs or projects for wildlife 

 restoration in either of the following two ways: 



