An Act to restrict the disposition of lands acquired as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System
PL 90-404 (S.322), enacted 07/18/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-406-JULY 18, 1968 
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Public Law 90-404 
AN ACT 
July 18, 1968 
To restrict the disposition of lands acquired as part of the National Wildlife 
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Refuge System. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United /States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 4(a) 
of the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 927; 16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)), is 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: 
"No acquired lands which are or become a part of the System may be 
transferred or otherwise disposed of under any provision of law (ex-
cept by exchange pursuant to subsection (b) (8) of this section) 
unless (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines after consultation 
with the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission that such lands 
are no longer needed for the purposes for which the System was 
established, and (2) such lands are transferred or otherwise disposed 
of for an amount not less than (A) the acquisition costs of such lands, 
in the case of lands of the System which were purchased by the United 
States with funds from the migratory bird conservation fund, or 
(B) the fair market value of such lands (as determined by the Secre-
tary as of the date of the transfer or disposal), in the case of lands of 
the System which were donated to the System. The Secretary shall 
pay into the migratory bird conservation fund the aggregate amount 
of the proceeds of any transfer or disposal referred to in the pre-
ceding sentence." 
SEC. 2. The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall 
apply only with respect to transfers and disposals of land initiated 
and completed after the date of their enactment. 
Approved July 18, 1968. 
National Wild-
life Refuge Sys-
tem. 
Disposition of 
lands, restriction. 
Public Law 90-405 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
July is, 1958 
Authorizing the President to prcK'laim August 11,1968, as "Family Reunion Day". 
[S-J- Res, les] 
Uesolced by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress a^sembled^ That the President is hereby 
authorized and requested to issue a proclamation designating August 
11, 1968, as "'Family Reunion Day", and calling upon the people of 
tlie rnited States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies 
and activities. 
Approved July 18, 1968. 
Family Re-
union Day. 
Proclamation. 
Public Law 90-406 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week of 
October 13, 1968, as "Salute to Eisenhower Week". 
July 18, 1968 
[H.J. Res. 1302] 
Resolved 
by the Senate 
and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress ossemMed^ That the President 
of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue a 
proclamation designating the week of October 13, 1968, as "Salute to 
Eisenhower Week"', and calling upon the people of the United States 
to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. 
Approved July 18, 1968. 
Salute to 
Eisenhower V/eek. 
Proclamation. 
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