WILDLIFE RESTORATION, PITTMAN-ROBERTSON ACT, 1937 5 
of wildlife. It is possible, however, when the need of such develop- 
ment is evident, for the State game departments to purchase at prices 
established as fair and equitable, shrubs, trees, and other plants and 
seed stock of birds or cther animals to place on project areas. 
METHOD OF ALLOCATING FUNDS TO THE STATES 
After making deductions for administering the act, apportionments 
of funds are made to the States half in the ratio that the area of each 
State bears to the total area of all the States and half in the ratio 
that the number of paid hunting-license holders of each State in the 
preceding fiscal year, as certified to the Secretary of Agriculture by the 
State fish and game department, bears to the total number of paid 
hunting-license holders of all the States. All licenses defined as hunt- 
ing licenses by State laws may be counted, with the exception of spe- 
cial licenses issued only after a general license has been purchased, 
since the law specifies “the number of license holders” and not the 
number of individual licenses. 
PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
So much of an appropriation apportioned to any State for any 
fiscal year as remains unexpended at the close thereof can be made 
available for expenditure in that State until the close of the succeeding 
year. For example, funds that became available for expenditure on 
July 1, 1938, could be obligated for work on projects as late as the close 
of June 1940, provided the State was eligible to participate and had 
complied with the requirement of notifying the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture of its desire to do so. | 
DISPOSITION OF UNUSED FUNDS 
If a State is to avail itself of the benefits of the act, it must each 
year notify the Secretary of Agriculture of its desire to participate 
within 60 days after receiving the certification of apportionment of 
funds. Ifa State fails to make such notification, if it declines to par- 
ticipate, or if it fails to expend or obligate its entire apportionment 
within the period for which available, such entire apportionments 
or the unused balances are directed to be made available for expendi- 
ture by the Secretary in carrying out the provisions of the Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act. Unused funds cannot be apportioned to 
other participating States. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES ONLY 
Payments of Federal funds may be made only to the game depart- 
ment or other authority of the State invested under the laws of the 
State with wildlife-conservation functions. The State thus makes 
all payments for lands, labor, and other expenses and then receives 
the proper pro rata share from the Federal Treasury. No contracts 
can be made between the Department of Agriculture and any agency 
or party other than the State game department. 
PROJECT fNITIATION AND ACCOMPLISHMENT PROCEDURE 
When a State desires to avail itself of the benefits of the act, it sub- 
mits to the Secretary of Agriculture a full and detailed statement by 
