Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986
PL 99-645 (S.740), enacted 11/10/1986

100 STAT. 3582 
PUBLIC LAW 99-645—NOV. 10, 1986 
Public Law 99-645 
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99th Congress 
An Act 
Nov 10 1986 
"^^ promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the 
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serious loss of wetlands by the acquisition of wetlands and other essential habitat, 
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gjjjj £QJ. other purposes. 
Emergency 
^g n enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
Resources Act of 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
note. 
This Act may be cited as the "Emergency Wetlands Resources Act 
of 1986". 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— 
(1) wetlands play an integral role in maintaining the quality 
of life through material contributions to our national economy, 
food supply, water supply and quality, flood control, and fish, 
wildlife, and plant resources, and thus to the health, safety, 
recreation, and economic well-being of all our citizens of the 
Nation; 
(2) wetlands provide habitat essential for the breeding, spawn-
ing, nesting, migration, wintering and ultimate survival of a 
major portion of the migratory and resident fish and wildlife of 
the Nation; including migratory birds, endangered species, 
commercially and recreationally important finfish, shellfish 
and other aquatic organisms, and contain many unique species 
and communities of wild plants; 
(3) the migratory bird treaty obligations of the Nation with 
Canada, Mexico, Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 
and with various countries in the Western Hemisphere require 
Federal protection of wetlands that are used by migratory birds 
for breeding, wintering or migration and needed to achieve and 
to maintain optimum population levels, distributions, and pat-
terns of migration; 
(4) wetlands, and the fish, wildlife, and plants dependent on 
wetlands, provide significant recreational and commercial bene-
fits, including— 
(A) contributions to a commercial marine harvest valued 
at over $10,000,000,000 annually; 
(B) support for a major portion of the Nation's multi-
million dollar annual fur and hide harvest; and 
(C) fishing, hunting, birdwatching, nature observation 
and other wetland-related recreational activities that gen-
erate billions of dollars annually; 
(5) wetlands enhance the water quality and water supply of 
the Nation by serving £is groundwater recharge areas, nutrient 
traps, and chemical sinks; 
(6) wetlands provide a natural means of flood and erosion 
control by retaining water during periods of high runoff, 
thereby protecting against loss of life and property; 
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(7) wetlands constitute only a small percentage of the land 
area of the United States, are estimated to have been reduced 
by half in the contiguous States since the founding of our 
Nation, and continue to disappear by hundreds of thousands of 
acres each year; 
(8) certain activities of the Federal Government have inappro-
priately altered or assisted in the alteration of wetlands, 
thereby unnecessarily stimulating and accelerating the loss of 
these valuable resources and the environmental and economic 
benefits that they provide; and 
(9) the existing Federal, State, and private cooperation in 
wetlands conservation should be strengthened in order to mini-
mize further losses of these valuable areas and to assure 
their management in the public interest for this and future 
generations. 
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to promote, in concert 
with other Federal and State statutes and programs, the conserva-
tion of the wetlands of the Nation in order to maintain the public 
benefits they provide and to help fulfill international obligations 
contained in various migratory bird treaties and conventions with 
Canada, Mexico, Japan, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and 
with various countries in the Western Hemisphere by— 
(1) intensifying cooperative efforts among private interests 
and local. State, and Federal governments for the management 
and conservation of wetlands; and 
(2) intensifying efforts to protect the wetlands of the Nation 
through acquisition in fee, easements or other interests and 
methods by local. State, and Federal governments and the 
private sector. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
For the purpose of this Act: 
(1) The term "Committees" means the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries and the Committee on Interior and 
Insular Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Commit-
tee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate. 
(2) The term "designated unit" means a unit of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System designated by the Secretary under sec-
L tion 201(a)(2). 
(3) The term "hydric soil" means soil that, in its undrained 
condition, is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during a 
growing season to develop an anaerobic condition that supports 
the growth and regeneration of hydrophytic vegetation. 
(4) The term "hydrophytic vegetation" means a plant growing 
in— 
(A) water; or 
(B) a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in 
oxygen during a growing season as a result of excessive 
water content. 
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(5) The term "wetland" means land that has a predominance 
of hydric soils and that is inundated or saturated by surface or 
groundwater at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, 
and that under normal circumstances does support, a preva-
lence of hydrophytic vegetation typically adapted for life in 
saturated soil conditions. 
International 
agreements. 
Canada. 
Mexico. 
Japan. 
Union of Soviet 
Socialist 
Republics. 
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TITLE I—EXTENSION OF WETLANDS LOAN ACT 
SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF WETLANDS LOAN ACT. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The first section of the Act 
entitled "An Act to promote the conservation of migratory water-
fowl by the acquisition of wetlands, and for other essential water-
fowl habitat, and for other purposes", approved October 4, 1961 (16 
U.S.C. 715k-3), is amended by striking out "September 30,1986" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "September 30,1988". 
(b) REPAYMENT PROVISIONS.—Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
715k-5) is amended by striking out the first three sentences. 
TITLE II—REVENUES FOR REFUGE OPERATIONS AND THE 
MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND 
National 
Wildlife Refuge 
System. 
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SEC. 201. SALE OF ADMISSION PERMIT AT CERTAIN REFUGE UNITS 
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(a) SALE OF ADMISSION PERMITS.—(1) Notwithstanding the Land 
and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-4 et seq.), 
in order to provide additional revenues for the conservation of 
wetland resources of the Nation and for the operation and mainte-
nance of refuges— 
(A) the Secretary of the Interior may, at units of the National 
Wildlife Refuge System designated by the Secretary under para-
graph (2)— 
(i) charge fees for admission permits; 
(ii) sell Golden Eagle passports and Golden Age passports; 
(iii) issue at no charge lifetime admission permits as 
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authorized in section 4(a)(5) of the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-4—4601-11); 
(B) the amounts collected by the Secretary as a result of the 
activities described in subparagraph (A) shall be distributed as 
provided in subsection (c). 
(2) The Secretary shall designate a unit of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System for purposes of this Act if the Secretary determines, 
with respect to such unit, that— 
(A) The level of visitation for recreational purposes is high 
enough to justify the collection of fees for admission permits for 
economic reasons. 
(B) There is a practical mechanism in existence for im-
plementing and operating a system of collecting fees for admis-
sion permits. 
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(C) Imposition of a fee for admission permits is not likely to 
result in undue economic hardship for a significant number of 
visitors to the unit. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—(1) The Secretary may not require an admission 
permit under subsection (a)(1) for entry by a person into a des-
ignated unit if such person is the holder of— 
(A) a valid migratory bird hunting and conservation stamp 
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issued under section 2 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 
718b) (commonly known as the Duck Stamp Act); 
(B) a valid Golden Eagle Passport issued under section 4(aXl) 
of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 
4601-6a(aXl)); 
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(C) a valid Golden Age Passport issued under section 4(a)(4) of 
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such Act; or 
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(D) a valid lifetime admission permit as authorized in section 
4(a)(5)of such Act. 
(2) Permits for a single visit to any designated unit shall be made 
available by the Secretary of the Interior for a reasonable fee, but 
not to exceed $3 for individuals or $7.50 per vehicle. For purposes of 
this subsection, the term "single visit" means a more or less 
continuous stay within a designated unit by a person or group 
described in subsection (d). Payment of a single visit fee and issu-
ance of a single visit permit shall authorize exits from and re-entries 
to a single designated unit for a period of from one to fifteen days. 
Such period shall be defined for each designated unit by the Sec-
retary based upon a determination of the period of time reasonably 
and ordinarily necessary for such a single visit. 
(3) Special admission permits for uses such as group activities may 
be issued in accordance with procedures and at fees established by 
the Secretary. 
(4) A person may not be required to purchase an admission permit 
under subsection (a)(1) in order to travel by private noncommercial 
vehicle over any road or highway— 
(A)(i) established as part of the National Federal Aid System 
(as defined in section 101 of title 23, United States Code); and 
(ii) commonly used by the public as a means of travel between 
two places which are outside the designated unit; or 
(B) to any land in which such person has a property interest if 
such land is within any designated unit. 
(5) A person may not be required to purchase an admission permit 
under subsection (a)(1) for entrance or admission to a unit of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System created, expanded, or modified by 
Public Law 96-487. 
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(c) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS COLLECTED.—Amounts collected 
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from the sale of admission permits under this section and from fees 
collected at any unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System under 
subsections (b) and (c) of section 4 of the Land and Water Conserva-
tion Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-6a (b), (c)) shall be distributed 
as follows: 
(A) Thirty per centum shall be available to the Secretary of 
the Interior until expended. The Secretary shall use such 
amount— 
(i) first, to defray the cost of collection; 
(ii) next, for operation and maintenance of the collecting 
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unit; and 
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(iii) next, for operation and maintenance of all units 
within the National Wildlife Refuge System, except those 
units created, expanded, or modified by Public Law 96-487. 
(B) Seventy percent shall be deposited into the migratory bird 
conservation fund established under section 4 of the Act of 
March 16,1934 (16 U.S.C. 718d). 
(d) PERSONS ACCOMPANYING PERMITTEES.—A person who holds a 
stamp, passport, or permit described in subsection (b) shall be 
entitled to general entrance into any designated unit, along with— 
(1) any persons accompanying such person in a single, private, 
noncommercial vehicle; or 
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(2) where entry to the area is by any means other than single, 
- . private, noncommercial vehicle, the person and any accompany-
ing spouse, children, or parents. 
(e) RESTRICTIONS.—A permit 
issued under this section is 
nontransferable. Such a permit may not authorize any uses for 
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which fees are charged under the Land and Water Conservation 
Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-4 et seq.). 
(f) ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES; POSTING OP NOTICES.—(1) All fees 
established pursuant to this section shall be fair and equitable. In 
establishing such fees, the Secretary shall consider the following: 
(A) The direct and indirect cost to the Government. 
(B) The benefits to the permit holder. 
(C) The public policy or interest served. 
(D) The comparable fees charged by non-Federal public 
agencies. 
(E) The economic and administrative feasibility of fee collec-
tion and other pertinent factors. 
(2) The Secretary shall require that notice that a fee has been 
established under this section— 
(A) be prominently posted at each designated unit and at 
appropriate locations in each such unit; and 
(B) to the extent practicable, be included in publications 
distributed at such units. 
(g) VOLUNTEERS.—The Director of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service may accept services of volunteers to sell admission 
permits under this section or to sell Golden Eagle and Golden Age 
Passports or Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps. The 
Director may use funds appropriated or otherwise made available to 
the Service to cover the cost of any surety bond that may be 
required of a volunteer performing the services authorized under 
this subsection. 
SEC. 202. PRICE OF MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING AND CONSERVATION 
STAMP. 
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Section 2(b) of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718(b)), is 
amended in the first sentence— 
(1) by striking out "$7.50" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$10.00"; 
(2) by striking out "any hunting year" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "hunting years 1987 and 1988, $12.50 for hunting years 
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1989 and 1990, and $15.00 for each hunting year thereafter,"; 
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and 
(3) by inserting "available for obligation and" before "attrib-
utable". 
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SEC. 203. TRANSFERS TO MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION FUND. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an amount equal to 
the amount of all import duties collected on arms and ammunition, 
as specified in subpart A of part 5 of schedule 7 of the Tariff 
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Schedules of the United States, shall, beginning with the next fiscal 
year quarter after the date of enactment of this Act, be paid 
quarterly into the migratory bird conservation fund established 
under section 4 of the Act of March 16, 1934 (16 U.S.C. 718d). 
TITLE III—STATE AND FEDERAL WETLAND ACQUISITION 
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SEC. 301. NATIONAL WETLANDS PRIORITY CONSERVATION PLAN. 
governmente.^ 
(^) ^^ GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish, and periodically 
review and revise, a national wetlands priority conservation plan 
which shall specify, on a region-by-region basis or other basis consid-
ered appropriate by the ^cretary, the t3T)es of wetlands and in-
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terests in wetlands which should be given priority with respect to 
Federal and State acquisition. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall establish the plan re-
quired by subsection (a) after consultation with— 
(1) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency; 
(2) the Secretary of Commerce; 
(3) the Secretary of Agriculture; and 
(4) (the chief executive officer of) each State. 
(c) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—The Secretary, in establishing 
the plan required by subsection (a), shall consider— 
(1) the estimated proportion remaining of the respective types 
of wetlands which existed at the time of European settlement; 
(2) the estimated current rate of loss and the threat of future 
losses of the respective types of wetlands; and 
(3) the contributions of the respective types of wetlands to— 
(A) wildlife, including endangered and threatened spe-
cies, migratory birds, and resident species; 
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(B) commercial and sport fisheries; 
(C) surface and ground water quality and quantity, and 
flood control; 
(D) outdoor recreation; and 
(E) other areas or concerns the Secretary considers 
appropriate. 
SEC. 302. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION ON ACQUISITION. 
Section 7(a)(1) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 
1965 (16 U.S.C. 4601-9(a)(l)) is amended by striking out "national 
wildlife refuge areas under section 7(a)(5) of the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742f(5)) except migratory waterfowl areas 
which are authorized to be acquired by the Migratory Bird Con-
servation Act of 1929, as amended (16 U.S.C. 715-715s)''^ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof "national wildlife refuge areas under section 
7(aX4) of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742(f)(a)(4)) and 
wetlands acquired under section 304 of the Emergency Wetlands 
Resources Act of 1986". 
SEC. 303. INCLUSION OF WETLANDS IN COMPREHENSIVE STATEWIDE OUT-
DOOR RECREATION PLANS. 
Section 6 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 
(16 U.S.C. 4601-8) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (d), by adding at the end thereof the following 
new paragraph: 
"For fiscal year 1988 and thereafter each comprehensive state-
wide outdoor recreation plan shall specifically address wetlands 
within that State as an important outdoor recreation resource as a 
prerequisite to approval, except that a revised comprehensive state-
wide outdoor recreation plan shall not be required by the Secretary, 
if a State submits, and the Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the National Park Service, approves, as a part of and as an adden-
dum to the existing comprehensive statewide outdoor recreation 
glan, a wetlands priority plan developed in consultation with the 
tate agency with responsibility for fish and wildlife resources and 
consistent with the national wetlands priority conservation plan 
developed under section 301 of the Emergency Wetlands Resources 
Act or, if such national plan has not been completed, consistent with 
the provisions of that section"; 
State and local 
governments. 
Fish and fishing. 
Water. 
Flood control. 
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Agriculture and 
agricultural 
commodities. 
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by inserting, in the first sentence 
thereof, after "For the acquisition of land, waters, or interests 
in land or waters" the following: ", or wetland areas and in-
terests therein as identified in the wetlands provisions of the 
comprehensive plan"; and 
(3) in subsection (fK3), by adding at the end thereof the 
following: ": Provided, That wetland areas and interests therein 
as identified in the wetlands provisions of the comprehensive 
plan and proposed to be acquired as suitable replacement prop-
erty within that same State that is otherwise acceptable to the 
Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Park 
Service, shall be considered to be of reasonably equivalent 
usefulness with the property proposed for conversion.". 
SEC. 304. FEDERAL ACQUISITION. 
The Secretary is authorized to purchase wetlands or interests in 
wetlands, which are not acquired under the authority of the Migra-
tory Bird Conservation Act of 1929 (16 U.S.C. 715-715s), consistent 
with the wetlands priority conservation plan established under 
section 301. 
SEC. 305. RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN ACQUISITIONS. 
The powers of condemnation or eminent domain shall not be used 
in the acquisition of wetlands under any provision of this Act where 
such wetlands have been constructed for the purpose of farming or 
ranching, or result from conservation activities associated with 
farming or ranching. 
TITLE IV—WETLANDS INVENTORY AND TREND ANALYSIS 
SEC. 401. NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY PROJECT. 
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the Director of 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall continue the 
National Wetlands Inventory Project and shall— 
(1) produce, by September 30, 1988, National Wetlands Inven-
tory maps for the areas that have been identified by the Service 
as top priorities for mapping, including— 
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(A) the entire coastal zone of the United States; 
(B) floodplains of major rivers; and 
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(C) the Prairie Pothole region; 
(2) produce, by September 30, 1998, National Wetlands Inven-
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tory maps for those portions of the contiguous United States for 
which final maps have not been produced earlier; 
Alaska. 
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(3) produce, as soon as practicable. National Wetlands Inven-
tory maps for Alaska and other noncontiguous portions of the 
United States; and 
Reports. 
(4) produce, by September 30, 1990, and at ten-year intervals 
thereafter, reports to update and improve the information con-
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tained in the report dated September 1982 and entitled "Status 
and Trends of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitat in the Cotermi-
nous United States, 1950's to 1970's". 
State and local 
(b) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall notify the appropriate State and 
governments. 
local units of government at such time as he proposes to begin map 
preparation under subsection (a) in an area. Such notice shall 
include, but is not limited to, the identification of the area to be 
mapped, the proposed schedule for completion, and the identifica-
tion of a source for further information. 
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SEC. 402. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation and cooperation 
with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall prepare and submit to the 
committees— 
(1) by March 30,1987, a report regarding the status, condition, 
and trends of wetlands in the lower Mississippi alluvial plain 
and the prairie pothole regions of the United States; and 
(2) by September 30, 1987, a report regarding trends of wet-
lands in all other areas of the United States. 
OD) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The reports required under subsection 
(a) shall contain— 
(1) an analysis of the factors responsible for wetlands destruc-
tion, degradation, protection and enhancement; 
(2) a compilation and analysis of Federal statutory and regu-
latory mechanisms, including expenditures, financial assist-
ance, and tax provisions which— 
(A) induce wetlands destruction or degradation; or 
(B) protect or enhance wetlands; 
(3) a compilation and analysis of Federal expenditures result-
ing from wetlands destruction, degradation, protection or 
enhancement; 
(4) an analysis of public and private patterns of ownership of 
wetlands; 
(5) an analysis of the environmental and economic impact of 
eliminating or restricting future Federal expenditures and 
financial assistance, whether direct or indirect, which have the 
effect of encouraging the destruction, degradation, protection or 
enhancement of wetlands, including— 
(A) public works expenditures; 
(B) assistance programs such as price support programs, 
commodity loans and purchase programs and disaster 
assistance programs; 
(C) soil conservation programs; and 
(D) certain income tax provisions; 
(6) an analysis of the environmental and economic impact of 
failure to restrict future Federal expenditures, financial assist-
ance, and tax provisions which have the effect of encouraging 
the destruction, degradation, protection or enhancement of wet-
lands, including— 
(A) assistance for normal silviculture activity (such as 
plowing, seeding, planting, cultivating, minor drainage, or 
harvesting for the production of fiber or forest products); 
(B) Federal expenditures required incident to studies, 
evaluations, design, construction, operation, maintenance, 
or rehabilitation of Federal water resource development 
activities, including channel improvements; 
(C) the commodity loans and purchases program and 
cotton, feed grain, wheat, and rice production stabilization 
programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; 
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and 
(D) Federal expenditures for the construction of publicly 
owned or publicly operated highways, roads, structures, or 
facilities that are essential links in a larger network or 
system; and 
(7) recommendations for the conservation of wetlands re-
sources based on an evaluation and comparison of all manage-
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Taxes. 
Loans. 
Taxes. 
Taxes. 
Agriculture and 
eigricultural 
commodities. 
Forests and 
forest products. 
Loans. 
Agriculture and 
agricultural 
commodities. 
Highways. 
State and local 
governments. 
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note. 
Louisi£ina. 
Federal 
Register, 
publication. 
ment alternatives, and combinations of management alter-
natives, such as State and local actions, Federal actions, and 
initiatives by private organizations and individuals. 
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT. 
Section 6(b) of the Act of July 3,1918 (16 U.S.C. 707(b)) is amended 
by deleting "shall" the first place it appears therein and by insert-
ing in lieu thereof "shall knowingly". 
SEC. 502. BAYOU SAUVAGE URBAN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. 
(a) PURPOSES OF REFUGE.—The purposes of the Bayou Sauvage 
Urban National Wildlife Refuge are— 
(1) to enhance the populations of migratory, shore, and 
wading birds within the refuge; 
(2) to encourage natural diversity of fish and wildlife species 
within the refuge; 
(3) to protect the endangered and threatened species and 
otherwise to provide for the conservation and management of 
fish and wildlife within the refuge; 
(4) to fulfill the international treaty obligations of the United 
States respecting fish and wildlife; 
(5) to protect the archeological resources of the refuge; 
(6) to provide opportunities for scientific research and 
environmental education, with emphasis being given to the 
ecological and other values of wetlands; and 
(7) to provide opportunities for fish and wildlife oriented 
public uses and recreation in an urban setting. 
(b) ACQUISITION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF REFUGE.— 
(1) ACQUISITION.—Within four years after the effective date of 
this section the Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in this Act 
referred to as the "Secretary") shall acquire the approximately 
nineteen thousand acres of lands and waters, and interests 
therein, located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, that are depicted 
on the map entitled "Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife 
Refuge", dated September 15, 1986, and on file at the United 
States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. 
The lands and waters, and interests therein, acquired under this 
paragraph comprise the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wild-
life Refuge. The acquisition shall be made through donation, 
purchase with donated or appropriated funds, or exchange, or 
through any combination of the foregoing. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—At such time as sufficient lands and 
waters, and interests therein, have been acquired under para-
graph (1) to constitute an initial area that can be administered 
to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall establish the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wild-
life Refuge by publication of notice to that effect in the Federal 
Register. 
(3) BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary may make such 
adjustments with respect to the boundary of the Bayou Sauvage 
Urban National Wildlife Refuge as may be necessary to facili-
tate the acquisition of lands and waters, and interests therein, 
for the refuge and to.facilitate the administration of the refuge. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION OF REFUGE.—The Secretary shall administer 
all lands and waters, and interests therein, acquired under subsec-
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tion (b) in accordance with the provisions of the National Wildlife 
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) 
to carry out the purposes set forth in subsection (a). The Secretary 
may utilize such additional statutory authority as may be available 
to him for the conservation and development of wildlife and natural 
resources, the development of outdoor recreation opportunities, and 
interpretive environmental education as he considers appropriate to 
carry out such purposes. Within two years after the effective date of 
this section, the Secretary shall complete a master plan for the 
development of the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to 
be appropriated to the Department of the Interior— 
(1) from funds not otherwise appropriated from the Land and 
Water Conservation Fund, such sums as may be necessary for 
the acquisition of lands and waters, and interests therein, for 
the Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge; and 
(2) $5,000,000 for the development of the refuge. 
The moneys appropriated under subparagraphs (1) and (2) shall 
remain available until expended. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect on the later of the 
date of enactment of this Act or October 1,1986. 
Approved November 10, 1986. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 740 (H.R. 1203): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-86, Pt. 1, accompanying H.R. 1203 (Comm. on Merchant 
Marine and Fisheries). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 99-445 (Comm. on Environment and Public Works). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 132 (1986): 
Oct. 3, considered and passed Senate. 
Oct. 14, considered and passed House.