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Amendments 

 1970— Pub. L. 91-S03 divided existing provisions Into 

 subsecs. (a) and (b). permitted advance payments to the 

 States for work which has been adequately defined In a 

 comprehensive flsh and wlldltfe plan, and eliminated 

 reference to progress payments In provision covering Joint 

 determination of time and amounts of payments. 



§ 669g. Maintenance of projects; expenditures for man- 

 agement of wildlife areas and resources. 



(a) Maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects 

 establUhed under the provisions of this chapter shall 

 be the duty of the States in accordance with their 

 respective laws. Beginning July 1, 1945, the term 

 "wildlife-restoration project", as defined in section 

 669a of this title, shall include maintenance of com- 

 pleted projects. Notwithstanding any other provi- 

 sions of this chapter, funds apportioned to a State 

 under this chapter may be expended by the State for 

 management (exclusive of law enforcement and pub- 

 lic relaUons) of wUdlife areas and resources. 



(b) Each State may use the funds apportioned to 

 it under section 669c(b) of this title to pay up to 75 

 per centum of the costs of a hunter safety program 

 and the construction, operation, and maintenance of 

 public target ranges, as a part of such program. The 

 non-Federal share of such costs may be derived from 

 license fees paid by hunters, but not from other Fed- 

 eral grant programs. The Secretary shall issue not 

 later than the 120th day after the eflfective date of 

 this subsection such regulations as he deems advis- 

 able relative to the criteria for the establishment of 

 hunter safety programs and public target ranges 

 under this subsection. (As amended Oct. 25, 1972, 

 Pub. L. 92-558, title I, § 102(a) , 86 Stat. 1173.) 



Amendments 

 1972— Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-558 substituted ■public 

 target ranges" lor "public outdoor target ranges" In two 

 places. 



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

 subsec. (a) and. In subsec. (a) so designated, eliminated 

 the 25 percent limitation on the use of federal funds for 

 wildlife restoration projects and the 30 percent limitation 

 on the use of federal funds for the management of wild 

 life areas and resources, and added subsec. (b). 



1955 — Act Aug. 12. 1955, permitted expenditure of funds 

 for management of wildlife areas and resource. 



1946 — Act July 24. 1946, added proviso defining "wild- 

 life-restoration project". 



§669k-1. Payment of funds to and cooperation with 

 Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to co- 

 operate with the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto 

 Rico, the Governor of Guam, and the Governor of 

 the Virgin Islands, in the conduct of wildlife-restor- 

 ation projects, as defined in section 669a of this title, 

 upon such terms and conditions as he shall deem 

 fair, just, and equitable, and is authorized to appor- 

 tion to Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands, 

 out of the money available for apportionment under 

 this chapter, such sums as he shall determine, not 

 exceeding for Puerto Rico one-half of 1 per centum, 

 for Guam one-sixth of 1 per centum, and for the 

 Virgin Islands one-sixth of 1 per centum of the 

 total amount apportioned, in any one year, but the 

 Secretary shall in no event require any of said co- 



operating agencies to pay an amount which will ex- 

 ceed 25 per centum of the cost of any project. Any 

 unexpended or unobligated balance of any appor- 

 tionment made pursuant to this section shall be 

 available for expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam, or 

 the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, in the suc- 

 ceeding year, on any approved project, and if un- 

 expended or unobligated at the end of such year 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. 899, § 8(a) , as added Aug. 18, 1941, 

 ch. 367, 55 Stat. 632, and amended Aug. 3, 1950, ch. 

 523, 64 Stat. 399; July 2, 1956, ch. 489, § 2. 70 Stat. 

 473; Aug. 1, 1956. ch. 852, § 7, 70 Stat. 908; June 25, 

 1959, Pub. L. 86-70. § 15. 73 Stat. 143; Oct. 23, 1970, 

 Pub. L. 91-503. title I. § 102, 84 Stat. 1101.) 



Amendments 



1970 — Pub. L. 91-503 substituted "Secretary of Agricul- 

 ture of Puerto Rico" for "Ck>mmlssloner of Agriculture 

 and Commerce of Puerto Rico ' and substituted maximum 

 limits of apportionment of one half of one percent to 

 Puerto Rico, one sixth of one percent each to the Virgin 

 Islands and Guam, for maximum limit of apportionment 

 of $10,000 for the three governments together. 



1959 — Pub. L. 86-70 eliminated provisions which au- 

 thorized cooperation with the Alaska Game Commission 

 and permitted apportionment of not more than $75,000 

 In any one year to the Territory of Alaska. 



1956 — Act Aug. 1, 1956, Inserted the Governor of Guam" 

 following "Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of 

 Puerto Rico," and "Guam" following "Puerto Rico" where 

 they appeared In the three remaining places. 



Act July 2. 1956, eliminated provisions which author- 

 ized the Secretary to cooperate with the Division of Game 

 and Pish of the Board of Commissioners of Agriculture 

 and Forestry of Hawaii, removed the limitation of $25,000 

 on the amount of funds which could be apportioned to 

 Hawaii In any one year, and substituted "Territory of 

 Alaska" for "Territories" in two Instances. 



1950 — Act Aug. 3, 1950. Increased the funds allocated 

 annually to Alaska and Hawaii from $25,000 to $10,000. 

 respectively, to $75,000 and $25,000. 



§ 669h. Employment of personnel; equipment, etc. 



Out of the deductions set aside for administering 

 and executing this chapter and the Migratory Bird 

 Conservation Act. the Secretary of the Interior is 

 authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and 

 other persons in the city of Washington and else- 

 where, to be taken from the eligible lists of the Civil 

 Service, to rent or construct buildings outside of the 

 city of Washington ; to purchase such supplies, ma- 

 terials, equipment, office fixtures, and apparatus; 

 and to incur such travel and other expenses, includ- 

 ing purchase, maintenance, an<i hire of passenger- 

 carrying motor vehicles, as he may deem necessary 

 for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. 

 (Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 9, 50 Stat. 919; 1939 Reorg. 

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

 Stat. 1433.) 



§ 669i. Rules and regulations. 



The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make 

 rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions 

 of this chapter. (Sept. 2. 1937. ch. 899, § 10, 50 SUt. 

 919; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1. 1939. 

 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) 



