WILDLIFE RESTORATION, PITTMAN-ROBERTSON ACT, 1937 9 
REGULATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT THE FEDERAL AID TO WILDLIFE 
RESTORATION ACT 
[Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, July 12, 1938-3 F. R. 1713] 
REGULATION 1.—DEFINITIONS 
Section 1. For the purposes of these regulations, the following terms shall 
be construed, respectively, to mean: 
Act.—The act of Congress approved September 2, 1937, entitled, “An Act to 
provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife restoration 
projects, and for other purposes” (50 Stat. 917), commonly referred to as the 
Pittman-Robertson Act. 
Secretary.—tThe Secretary of Agriculture of the United States. 
Biological Survey.—The Bureau of Biological Survey of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
Authorized representatives of the Secretary.—The Chief of the Bureau of 
Biological Survey, or such other officials and employees thereof as he may 
designate from time to time. 
State fish and game department.—Any department or division of the depart- 
ment of another name or commission, or official or officials, of a State empow- 
ered under its laws to exercise the functions ordinarily exercised by a State 
fish and game department. 
Wildlife restoration. project.—The selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and 
improvement of areas of land or water adaptable as feeding, resting, or breed- 
ing places for wildlife, including research into problems of wildlife management. 
Ten-percent fund.—Items for engineering, inspection, and unforeseen contin- 
gencies not exceeding 10 percent of the total estimated cost of any works to be 
constructed under the provisions of this act. 
Preliminary and incidental costs——Necessary expenses incurred in and about 
approved projects covered by project agreements, including salaries, subsist- 
ence, and travel of personnel; preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates; 
surveys and conduct of examinations and negotiations for lands. 
REGULATION 2.—INFORMATION FOR THE SECRETARY 
SecTIon 1. Before any agreement is made covering any project to be under- 
taken in a State, there shall be furnished to the Secretary upon his request, by 
or on behalf of the State, general information regarding the laws affecting 
wildlife conservation and the authority of the State and of local officials in ref- 
erence to the establishment and maintenance of wildlife projects; the existing 
provisions of the State constitution or laws relative to revenues for the protec- 
tion and restoration of wildlife; the funds that will be available to meet the 
State’s share of the cost of work to be performed and the general source of such 
funds; and provisions made or to be made for maintaining wildlife-restoration 
projects upon which Federal aid funds will be expended. 
Sec. 2. The Secretary or his authorized representatives will, from time to 
time, request information from the State fish and game departments relative to 
the maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects initiated under the provisions 
of the act. 
Sec. 3. Data furnished by or on behalf of a State shall be supplemented by 
such reports of the Biological Survey as the Secretary may from time to time 
require. 
REGULATION 3.—PROJECT STATEMENT 
Section 1. A project statement shall be submitted for each project to be 
undertaken, which shall contain such fundamental information as the Secretary 
may require, to be submitted on a form supplied by the Biological Survey, to 
determine its suitability for wildlife-restoration purposes, 
REGULATION 4.—SURVEYS, PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND ESTIMATES 
Section 1. The surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates shall show in 
convenient form and detail the work to be performed and its probable cost, in 
conformity with standards governing form and arrangement prescribed by 
the Secretary. 
