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16 U.S.C. § 719 (CONSERVATION)
§ 719. Establishment of Program
(a) In general
The Secretary of the Interior (in this subchapter referred to as the “Secretary”) may carry out in accordance with this subchapter a program to be known as the “Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program” (in this subchapter referred to as the “Program”) to accomplish the goals of—
(1) providing to school children environmental education opportunities relating to the conservation and management of migratory birds; and
(2) increasing the capacity for schools, States, and other educational programs to conduct conservation and education programs.
(b) Program features
The Program shall consist of—
(1) conducting in all interested States the activities which on the day before October 6, 1994, are conducted under the program known as the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program;
(2) other activities authorized under the Program by this subchapter or any other Act; and
(3) any other activity necessary to carry out the conservation and education goals of the Program.
(c) Effort to conduct Program in all States
(1) In general
The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to seek to conduct the Program in all of the States.
(2) Annual report
The Secretary shall annually submit a report to the Congress on the status of the Program in each of the States.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 2, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119; Pub. L. 106–316, § 2(1), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2000—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–316 struck out “50” before “States” in pars. (1) and (2).
heading: Short Title of 2006 Amendment
text: Pub. L. 109–166, § 1, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3576, provided that: “This Act [amending sections 719a and 719c of this title and provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of this title] may be cited as the ‘Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005’.”
heading: Short Title
text: Pub. L. 103–340, § 1, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter and provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of this title] may be cited as the ‘Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994’.”
16 U.S.C. § 719a (CONSERVATION)
§ 719a. Junior Duck Stamp
(a) Competition
As part of the Program, the Secretary may annually conduct a competition to—
(1) solicit the submission by students at elementary and secondary schools of designs relating to conservation of migratory birds; and
(2) select winning designs from among those submissions for use for licensing and marketing under subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Licensing and marketing of design of Junior Duck Stamps
As part of the Program, the Secretary may—
(1) license and market winning designs selected in competitions under subsection (a) of this section; and
(2) license and market stamps bearing those designs, which shall be known as Junior Duck Stamps.
(c) Use of proceeds
Amounts received under subsection (b) of this section—
(1) 1 shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriations, solely for—
(A) awards, prizes, and scholarships to individuals who submit designs in competitions under subsection (a) of this section, that are—
(i) selected in such a competition as winning designs; or
(ii) otherwise determined in such a competition to be superior;
(B) awards and prizes to schools, students, teachers, and other participants to further education activities related to the conservation education goals of the Program;
(C) award ceremonies for winners of national and State Junior Duck Stamp competitions;
(D) travel expenses for winners of national and State Junior Duck Stamp competitions to award ceremonies, if—
(i) the event is intended to honor students for winning a national competition; or
(ii) the event is intended to honor students for winning a State competition;
(E) expenses for licensing and marketing under subsection (b) of this section;
(F) expenses for migratory bird reference materials or supplies awarded to schools that participate in the Program; and
(G) expenses for marketing and educational materials developed to promote the Program; 2
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 3, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3119; Pub. L. 109–166, § 2, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3576.)
heading: Amendments
text: 2006—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109–166 amended heading and text of subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “Amounts received under subsection (b) of this section—
“(1) shall be available to the Secretary until expended, without further appropriations, solely for—
“(A) awards and scholarships to individuals who submit designs in competitions under subsection (a) of this section, that are—
“(i) selected in such a competition as winning designs; or
“(ii) otherwise determined in such a competition to be superior;
“(B) awards to schools and other participants to further education activities related to the conservation education goals of the Program; and
“(C) expenses for licensing and marketing under subsection (b) of this section; and
“(2) may not be used for administrative expenses of the Program.”
16 U.S.C. § 719b–1 (CONSERVATION)
§ 719b–1. Definition of State
For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “State” includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the Virgin Islands, and any other territory or possession of the United States.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 5, as added Pub. L. 106–316, § 2(3), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276.)
heading: Prior Provisions
text: A prior section 5 of Pub. L. 103–340 was renumbered section 6 and is classified to section 719c of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 719c (CONSERVATION)
§ 719c. Authorization of appropriations
(a) Authorization
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for administrative expenses of the Program $350,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010.
(b) Limitations on use for distribution to State and regional coordinators to implement competitions
Of the amount appropriated under this section for a fiscal year—
(1) not more than $100,000 may be used by the Secretary to administer the Program; and
(2) not more than $250,000 may be distributed to State and regional coordinators to implement competitions under the Program.
(Pub. L. 103–340, § 6, formerly § 5, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3120; renumbered § 6 and amended Pub. L. 106–316, §§ 1, 2(2), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276; Pub. L. 109–166, § 3, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3577.)
heading: Codification
text: Another section 6 of Pub. L. 103–340 was renumbered section 7 and enacted provisions listed in a table of National Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of this title.
heading: Amendments
text: 2006—Pub. L. 109–166 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted subsec. (a) heading, substituted “$350,000” for “$250,000” and “fiscal years 2006 through 2010” for “fiscal years 2001 through 2005”, and added subsec. (b).
2000—Pub. L. 106–316, § 1, substituted “for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005” for “for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 2000”.
16 U.S.C. § 721 (CONSERVATION)
§ 721. Short title; “person” defined
This chapter may be cited as “The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Act.” The term “person” as used therein includes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is a combination provision, the first sentence being derived from section 1 and the last from section 12, of act June 7, 1924.
heading: Amendments
text: 1998—Pub. L. 105–312 substituted “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”.
16 U.S.C. § 722 (CONSERVATION)
§ 722. Acquisition of lands and water
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water, situated between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are not used for agricultural purposes, as he determines suitable for the purposes of this chapter, and any such area when acquired shall become a part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (referred to in this chapter as the “refuge”).
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650; June 18, 1934, ch. 602, 48 Stat. 1015; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is a combination provision, the latter portion beginning with the words “and any such area,” being from section 3, and the remainder of the section from section 2 of act June 7, 1924.
heading: Amendments
text: 1998—Pub. L. 105–312, which directed the amendment of section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act by substituting “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”, was executed to the part of this section based on section 3 of the act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See Codification note above.
1934—Act June 18, 1934, struck out “which are subject to overflow by such river” after “Mississippi River”.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
heading: Land Conveyance, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
text: Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957, provided that: “In accordance with section 4(a)(5) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(5)), there are transferred to the Corps of Engineers, without reimbursement, approximately 37.36 acres of land of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in the State of Minnesota, as designated on the map entitled ‘Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge lands transferred to Corps of Engineers’, dated January 1998, and available, with accompanying legal descriptions of the land, for inspection in appropriate offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.”
heading: Additional Lands
text: Act June 13, 1944, ch. 243, 58 Stat. 274, provided for the acquisition of certain tracts of land situated in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
16 U.S.C. § 723 (CONSERVATION)
§ 723. Purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary of the Interior
The refuge shall be established and maintained (a) as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and (b) to such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulations prescribe, as a refuge and breeding place for other wild birds, game animals, fur-bearing animals, and for the conservation of wild flowers and aquatic plants, and (c) to such extent as the Secretary of the Interior may by regulations prescribe as a refuge and breeding place for fish and other aquatic animal life.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 3, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency in Department of the Interior to be known as Fish and Wildlife Service.
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce and its functions to Department of the Interior; transferred functions of Secretary of Commerce relating to protection of fur-bearing animals to Secretary of the Interior; and transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
16 U.S.C. § 724 (CONSERVATION)
§ 724. Consent of States to acquisition; existing rights-of-way, easements, etc.
(a) No such area shall be acquired by the Secretary of the Interior until the legislature of each State in which is situated any part of the areas to be acquired under this chapter has consented to the acquisition of such part by the United States for the purposes of this chapter, and, except in the case of a lease, no payment shall be made by the United States for any such area until title thereto is satisfactory to the Attorney General and is vested in the United States.
(b) The existence of a right of way, easement, or other reservation or exception in respect of such area shall not be a bar to its acquisition (1) if the Secretary of the Interior determines that any such reservation or exception will in no manner interfere with the use of the area for the purposes of this chapter, or (2) if in the deed or other conveyance it is stipulated that any reservation or exception in respect of such area, in favor of the person from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject to regulations prescribed under authority of this chapter.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 4, 43 Stat. 650; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 723 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 725 (CONSERVATION)
§ 725. Regulations, etc., by Secretary of the Interior
Except where it is specifically provided otherwise, the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe such regulations, exercise such functions, and perform such duties as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 5, 43 Stat. 651; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department of the Interior related to compliance with approval to cross national wildlife refuges under this chapter with respect to pre-construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, §§ 102(e), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102–486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Commerce to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 723 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 726 (CONSERVATION)
§ 726. Acts prohibited in refuge; commercial fishing
No person shall, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior in respect of wild birds, game animals, fur-bearing animals, wild flowers, and aquatic plants, or in respect of fish and other aquatic-animal life—
(a) Enter the refuge for any purpose; or
(b) Disturb, injure, kill, or remove, or attempt to disturb, injure, kill, or remove any wild bird, game animal, fur-bearing animal, fish, or other aquatic-animal life, on the refuge; or
(c) Remove from the refuge, or injure or destroy thereon any flower, plant, tree, or other natural growth, or the nest or egg of any wild bird; or
(d) Injure or destroy any notice, sign board, fence, building, or other property of the United States thereon.
Commercial fishing may, however, be conducted in the waters of this refuge under regulation by the Secretary of the Interior.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 6, 7, 43 Stat. 651; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Codification
text: Section is a combination of sections 6 and 7 of act June 7, 1924, the last sentence only being from section 7.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department of the Interior under this chapter to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy, then to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 725 of this title.
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Commerce to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 723 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 728 (CONSERVATION)
§ 728. Expenditures
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including expenditures for personal services at the seat of government and elsewhere, as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this chapter and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 9, 43 Stat. 652; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Codification
text: As originally enacted, this section contained an additional paragraph which appropriated a sum half of which was to be available, until expended, for the expenditures mentioned herein.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of Commerce to Secretary of the Interior, by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 723 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 729 (CONSERVATION)
§ 729. Price per acre
The Secretary of the Interior shall not pay for any land or land and water a price which shall exceed an average cost of $10 per acre: Provided, That this provision shall not apply to any land or land and water prior to May 12, 1928, acquired or contracted for under the provisions of this chapter.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 10, 43 Stat. 652; Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 558, 43 Stat. 1354; May 12, 1928, ch. 534, 45 Stat. 502; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
heading: Codification
text: Provisions of this section, which authorized an appropriation of $1,500,000 for the acquisition of authorized areas and for all necessary expenses thereto, were omitted. The text set out above constituted the first and second provisos to the omitted provisions.
heading: Amendments
text: 1928—Act May 12, 1928, substituted “which shall exceed an average cost of $10 per acre” for “which when added to the price of land or land and water theretofore purchased, shall exceed an average cost of $5 per acre”, and inserted proviso making the provision of this section inapplicable to any land or land and water prior to May 12, 1928.
1925—Act Mar. 4, 1925, substituted proviso for restriction on availability of money for acquisition of areas.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 723 of this title.
16 U.S.C. § 731 (CONSERVATION)
§ 731. Effect on other laws
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as exempting any portion of the Mississippi River from the provisions of Federal laws for the improvement, preservation, and protection of navigable waters, nor as authorizing any interference with the operations of the Department of the Army in carrying out any project now or hereafter adopted for the improvement of said river.
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, § 13, 43 Stat. 652; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)
heading: Change of Name
text: Department of War designated Department of the Army and title of Secretary of War changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, ch. 343, title II, 61 Stat. 501. Section 205(a) of act July 26, 1947, was repealed by section 53 of act Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 641. Section 1 of act Aug. 10, 1956, enacted “Title 10, Armed Forces” which in sections 3010 to 3013 continued military Department of the Army under administrative supervision of Secretary of the Army.
16 U.S.C. § 742 (CONSERVATION)
§ 742. Omitted
heading: Codification
text: Section, acts Mar. 4, 1911, ch. 285, § 1, 36 Stat. 1436; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 1, 37 Stat. 736, provided for an acting Commissioner of Fisheries.
heading: Transfer of Functions
text: Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce and its functions, and Bureau of Biological Survey in Department of Agriculture and its functions, to Department of the Interior, to be administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of the Interior.
Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and Bureau of Biological Survey into one agency in Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service. It was further provided that functions of consolidated agency should be administered under direction and supervision of Secretary of the Interior by a director and assistants, and that offices of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries and offices of Chief and Associate Chief of Bureau of Biological Survey should be abolished and their functions transferred to consolidated agency.
The Fish and Wildlife Service, created by Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940 was succeeded by United States Fish and Wildlife Service established by act Aug. 8, 1956, ch. 1036, § 3, 70 Stat. 1119. See section 742b of this title.
heading: Ex. Ord. No. 9634. Establishment of Fishery Conservation Zones
text: Ex. Ord. No. 9634, Sept. 28, 1945, 10 F.R. 12305, provided in part:
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior shall from time to time jointly recommend the establishment by Executive orders of fishery conservation zones in areas of the high seas contiguous to the coasts of the United States, pursuant to the proclamation entitled “Policy of the United States With Respect to Coastal Fisheries in Certain Areas of the High Seas” [Proc. No. 2668, Sept. 28, 1945, 10 F.R. 12304], this day signed by me, and said Secretaries shall in each case recommend provisions to be incorporated in such orders relating to the administration, regulation and control of the fishery resources of and fishing activities in such zones, pursuant to authority of law heretofore or hereafter provided.
Harry S Truman.