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16 U.S.C. § 715b — Annual report
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The commission created by [section 715a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section715a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, through its chairman, annually report in detail to Congress, not later than the first Monday in December, the operations of the commission during the preceding fiscal year.
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The commission created by [section 715a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section715a&num=0&edition=prelim) shall, through its chairman, annually report in detail to Congress, not later than the first Monday in December, the operations of the commission during the preceding fiscal year.
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**(a)**
(1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information.
(2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee.
**(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall—
(1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information;
(2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and
(3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency.
**(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall—
(1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system;
(2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and
(3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory
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A commission to be known as the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of the Interior, as chairman, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture and two Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two Members of the House of Representatives to be selected by the Speaker, is created and authorized to consider and pass upon any area of land, water, or land and water that may be recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase or rental under this subchapter, and to fix the price or prices at which such area may be purchased or rented; and no purchase or rental shall be made of any such area until it has been duly approved for purchase or rental by said commission. Any Member of the House of Representatives who is a member of the commission, if reelected to the succeeding Congress, may serve on the commission notwithstanding the expiration of a Congress. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The ranking officer of the branch or department of a State to which is committed the administration of its game laws, or his authorized representative, and in a State having no such branch or department, the governor thereof, or his authorized representative, shall be a member ex officio of said commission for the purpose of considering and voting on all questions relating to the acquisition, under this subchapter, of areas in his State. For purposes of this subchapter, the purchase or rental of any area of land, water, or land and water includes the purchase or rental of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water.
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**(a) In general** All funds received for stamps sold under this subchapter shall be—
(1) accounted for by the Postal Service or the Secretary, as appropriate;
(2) paid into the Treasury of the United States; and
(3) reserved and set aside as a special fund, to be known as the “Migratory Bird Conservation Fund” (referred to in this section as the “fund”), to be administered by the Secretary, in which there shall be a subaccount to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer all amounts in excess of $15 that are received from the sale of each stamp sold for each hunting year after hunting year 2013.
**(b) Use of funds** All funds received into the fund are appropriated for the following purposes, to remain available until expended:
(1) **Advance allotments** — Except as provided in paragraph (4), so much as may be necessary shall be used by the Secretary for engraving, printing, issuing, selling, and accounting for Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamps and moneys received from the sale thereof, in addition to expenses for personnel services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and such other expenses as may be necessary in executing the duties and functions required of the Postal Service.
(2) **Areas for refuges** — Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4) and subsection (c), the remainder shall be available for the location, ascertainment, and acquisition of suitable areas for migratory bird refuges under the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act ([16 U.S.C. 715](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section715&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and for the administrative costs incurred in the acquisition of such areas.
(3) **Conditions on use of funds** — The Secretary may use funds made available
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 715a
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE OF 1976 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 94–215, § 1, Feb 17, 1976, 90 Stat. 189, provided:
‘‘That this Act [amending sections 668dd, 715a, 715k–3,
715k–5, 718a, 718b, and 718d of this title] may be cited as
the ‘Wetlands Loan Extension Act of 1976’.’’
§ 715a. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission;
creation; composition; duties; approval of
areas of land and water recommended for
purchase or rental
A commission to be known as the Migratory
Bird Conservation Commission, consisting of the
Secretary of the Interior, as chairman, the Ad-
ministrator of the Environmental Protection
Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture and two
Members of the Senate, to be selected by the
President of the Senate, and two Members of the
House of Representatives to be selected by the
Speaker, is created and authorized to consider
and pass upon any area of land, water, or land
and water that may be recommended by the Sec-
retary of the Interior for purchase or rental
under this subchapter, and to fix the price or
prices at which such area may be purchased or
rented; and no purchase or rental shall be made
of any such area until it has been duly approved
for purchase or rental by said commission. Any
Member of the House of Representatives who is
a member of the commission, if reelected to the
succeeding Congress, may serve on the commis-
sion notwithstanding the expiration of a Con-
gress. Any vacancy on the commission shall be
filled in the same manner as the original ap-
pointment. The ranking officer of the branch or
department of a State to which is committed
the administration of its game laws, or his au-
thorized representative, and in a State having
no such branch or department, the
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