National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act Amendments
PL 93-509 (H.R.17434), enacted 12/03/1974

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-509-DEC. 3, 1974 
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Public Law 93-509 
AN ACT 
To amend the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 to 
require payment of the fair market value of rights-of-way or other interests 
granted in such areas in connection with such uses, and for other purposes. 
Decembers, 1974 
[H. R.17434] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Corigress assembled, That this Act may 
be cited as the "National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act 
Amendments of 1974". 
SEC. 2. Section 4(d) of the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 928, 
16 U.S.C. 668dd(d)), is amended— 
(1) by striking out " (1)" and " (2)" and inserting in lieu thereof 
" ( A ) " and "(B)", respectively; 
(2) by inserting "(1)" immediately after " ( d ) " ; and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of 
the Interior may not grant to any Federal, State, or local agency or to 
any private individual or organization any right-of-way, easement, or 
reservation in, over, across, through, or under any area within the 
system in connection with any use permitted by him under paragraph 
(1) (B) of this subsection unless the grantee pays to the Secretary, 
at the option of the Secretary, either (A) in lump sum the fair market 
value (determined by the Secretary as of the date of conveyance to 
the grantee) of the right-of-way, easement, or reservation; or (B) 
annually in advance the fair market rental value (determined by the 
Secretary) of the right-of-way, easement, or reservation. If any Fed-
eral, State, or local agency is exempted from such payment by any 
other provision of Federal law, such agency shall otherwise compensate 
the Secretary by any other means agreeable to the Secretary, including, 
but not limited to, making other land available or the loan of equip-
ment or personnel; except that (A) any such compensation shall relate 
to, and be consistent with, the objectives of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System, and (B) the Secretary may waive such requirement 
for compensation if he finds such requirement impracticable or unnec-
essary. All sums received by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant 
to this paragraph shall, after payment of any necessary expenses 
incurred by him in administering this paragraph, be deposited into 
the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and shall be available to 
carry out the provisions for land acquisition of the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.) and the Migratory Bird 
Hunting Stamp Act (16 U.S.C. 718 et seq.).". 
SEC. 3. Section 4(d) (2) of the Act of October 15, 1966 (as added 
by this Act), shall apply with respect to any right-of-way, easement, 
or reservation granted by the Secretary of the Interior on or after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, includini": any right-of-way, ease-
ment, or reservation granted on or after such date in connection with 
any use permitted by him pursuant to section 4(d) (2) of the Act of 
October 15, 1966 (as in effect before the date of the enactment of this 
Act). 
SEC. 4. That section 401 (e) of the Act of January 15,1935 (16 U.S.C. 
7l5s (e)), is amended to read as follows: 
"(e) Any moneys remaining in the fund after all payments under 
this section are made for any fiscal year shall be transferred to the 
Migratory Bird Conservation Fund and shall be available for land 
acquisition under the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation 
Act (16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.); except that the funds available for the 
National Wild-
life Refuge Sys-
tem Administra-
tion Act Admend-
ments of 1974. 
16 u s e 668dd 
note. 
Rights-of-way, 
easements, or 
reservations, 
payment of fair 
market value. 
Date of appli-
cability. 
16 u s e 668dd 
note. 
Transfer of sur-
plus funds. 
Act of 1974. 
42 u s e 4251 
note. 
42 u s e 4251. 
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PUBLIC LAW 93-510-DEC. 5, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
management of the National Wildlife Refuge System or for enforce-
16 use 710. 
ment of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act shall not be diminished by 
the amendments made to this subsection by the National AVildlife 
Refuge System Administration Act Amendments of 1974, unless by 
specific Act of Congress.". 
Approved December 3, 1974. 
Public Law 93-510 
Decembers, 1974 
A N 
A C T 
[S.2299] 
rjy^ providc authority to expedite procedures for consideration and approval of 
projects drawing upon more than one Federal assistance program, to simplify 
requirements for operation of those projects, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and How^e of Representatives 
of the 
sii°Hfirrt'io!i"^ 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "Joint Funding Simplification Act of 1974". 
PURPOSE 
SEC. 2. The purpose of this Act is to enable State and local govern-
ments and private, nonprofit organizations to use Federal assistance 
more effectively and efficiently, and to adapt that assistance more 
readily to their particular needs through the wider use of projects 
drawing upon resources available from more than one Federal agency, 
program, or appropriation. It is the further purpose of this Act to 
encourage Federal-State arrangements under which local governments 
and private, nonprofit organizations may more effectively and effi-
ciently combine State and Federal resources in support of projects 
of common interest to the governments and organizations concerned. 
BASIC RESPONSIBILITIES OF T H E PRESIDENT AND HEADS OF FEDERAL 
AGENCIES 
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'^^^" ^' (^) The President shall promulgate such regulations as may 
be necessary or appropriate to assure that this Act is applied by all 
Federal agencies in a consistent manner and in accordance with its 
purposes. He may, for this purpose, require that Federal agencies 
adopt or prescribe procedures that will assure that applicants for 
assistance to projects funded pursuant to the provisions of this Act 
make appropriate efforts (1) to secure the views and recommendations 
of non-Federal agencies that may be significantly affected by such 
projects, and (2) to resolve questions of common interest to those 
agencies prior to submission of any application. 
(b) Subject to such regulations as the President may prescribe, 
and to other applicable law, the heads of Federal agencies, by internal 
agency oi-der or interagency agreement, may takfe the following 
actions: 
(1) Identification of related programs likely to be particularly 
suitable or appropriate for providing joint support for specific 
kinds of projects thereunder. 
(2) Development and promulgation of guidelines, model or 
illustrative projects, joint or common application forms, and other 
material or guidance to assist in the planning and development of 
projects drawing support from different programs. 
(3) Review of administratively established program require-
ments in order to determine which of those requirements may 
impede joint support of projects thereunder and the extent to 
which such requirements may be modified, making such modifica-