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16 U.S.C. § 663 — Impoundment or diversion of waters
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**(a) Conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources; development and improvement** Subject to the exceptions prescribed in [section 662(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section662/h&num=0&edition=prelim), whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, adequate provision, consistent with the primary purposes of such impoundment, diversion, or other control, shall be made for the use thereof, together with any areas of land, water, or interests therein, acquired or administered by a Federal agency in connection therewith, for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources thereof, and its habitat thereon, including the development and improvement of such wildlife resources pursuant to the provisions of [section 662 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section662&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Use and availability of waters, land, or interests therein** The use of such waters, land, or interests therein for wildlife conservation purposes shall be in accordance with general plans approved jointly (1) by the head of the particular department or agency exercising primary administration in each instance, (2) by the Secretary of the Interior, and (3) by the head of the agency exercising the administration of the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the waters and areas lie. Such waters and other interests shall be made available, without cost for administration, by such State agency, if the man
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**(a) Conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources; development and improvement** Subject to the exceptions prescribed in [section 662(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section662/h&num=0&edition=prelim), whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, adequate provision, consistent with the primary purposes of such impoundment, diversion, or other control, shall be made for the use thereof, together with any areas of land, water, or interests therein, acquired or administered by a Federal agency in connection therewith, for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources thereof, and its habitat thereon, including the development and improvement of such wildlife resources pursuant to the provisions of [section 662 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section662&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Use and availability of waters, land, or interests therein** The use of such waters, land, or interests therein for wildlife conservation purposes shall be in accordance with general plans approved jointly (1) by the head of the particular department or agency exercising primary administration in each instance, (2) by the Secretary of the Interior, and (3) by the head of the agency exercising the administration of the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the waters and areas lie. Such waters and other interests shall be made available, without cost for administration, by such State agency, if the management of the properties relate to the conservation of wildlife other than migratory birds, or by the Secretary of the Interior, for administration in such manner as he may deem advisable, where the particular properties have value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to cooperate with the States or in making lands available to the States with respect to the management of wildlife and wildlife habitat on lands administered by him.
**(c) Acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein; report to Congress** When consistent with the purposes of this Act and the reports and findings of the Secretary of the Interior prepared in accordance with [section 662 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section662&num=0&edition=prelim), land, waters, and interests therein may be acquired by Federal construction agencies for the wildlife conservation and development purposes of this Act in connection with a project as reasonably needed to preserve and assure for the public benefit the wildlife potentials of the particular project area: Provided, That before properties are acquired for this purpose, the probable extent of such acquisition shall be set forth, along with other data necessary for project authorization, in a report submitted to the Congress, or in the case of a project previously authorized, no such properties shall be acquired unless specifically authorized by Congress, if specific authority for such acquisition is recommended by the construction agency.
**(d) Use of acquired properties** Properties acquired for the purposes of this section shall continue to be used for such purposes, and shall not become the subject of exchange or other transactions if such exchange or other transaction would defeat the initial purpose of their acquisition.
**(e) Availability of Federal lands acquired or withdrawn for Federal water-resource purposes** Federal lands acquired or withdrawn for Federal water-resource purposes and made available to the States or to the Secretary of the Interior for wildlife management purposes, shall be made available for such purposes in accordance with this Act, notwithstanding other provisions of law.
**(f) National forest lands** Any lands acquired pursuant to this section by any Federal agency within the exterior boundaries of a national forest shall, upon acquisition, be added to and become national forest lands, and shall be administered as a part of the forest within which they are situated, subject to all laws applicable to lands acquired under the provisions of the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), unless such lands are acquired to carry out the National Migratory Bird Management Program.
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**(a) Consultations between agencies** Except as hereafter stated in subsection (h) of this section, whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under Federal permit or license, such department or agency first shall consult with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, and with the head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the impoundment, diversion, or other control facility is to be constructed, with a view to the conservation of wildlife resources by preventing loss of and damage to such resources as well as providing for the development and improvement thereof in connection with such water-resource development.
**(b) Reports and recommendations; consideration** In furtherance of such purposes, the reports and recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior on the wildlife aspects of such projects, and any report of the head of the State agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State, based on surveys and investigations conducted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and such State agency for the purpose of determining the possible damage to wildlife resources and for the purpose of determining means and measures that should be adopted to prevent the loss of or damage to such wildlife resources, as well as to provide concurrently for the development and improvement of such resources, shall be made an integral part of any report prepared
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**(a) Short title** This Act may be cited as the “Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act”.
**(b) Authorization** For the purpose of recognizing the vital contribution of our wildlife resources to the Nation, the increasing public interest and significance thereof due to expansion of our national economy and other factors, and to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource development programs through the effectual and harmonious planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife conservation and rehabilitation for the purposes of this Act in the United States, its Territories and possessions, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized (1) to provide assistance to, and cooperate with, Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations in the development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same from disease or other causes, in minimizing damages from overabundant species, in providing public shooting and fishing areas, including easements across public lands for access thereto, and in carrying out other measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act; (2) to make surveys and investigations of the wildlife of the public domain, including lands and waters or interests therein acquired or controlled by any agency of the United States; and (3) to accept donations of land and contributions of funds in furtherance of the purposes of this Act.
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Consent of the Congress of the United States is given to each of the several States of the Union to enter into any agreement or compact, not in conflict with any law of the United States, with any other State or States for the purpose of conserving the forests and the water supply of the States entering into such agreement or compact.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 663
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, out of
appropriations or other funds made available for
investigations, engineering, or construction,
such funds as may be necessary to conduct all or
part of the investigations required to carry out
the purposes of this section.
(f) Estimation of wildlife benefits or losses
In addition to other requirements, there shall
be included in any report submitted to Congress
supporting a recommendation for authorization
of any new project for the control or use of
water as described herein (including any new di-
vision of such project or new supplemental
works on such project) an estimation of the
wildlife benefits or losses to be derived there-
from including benefits to be derived from meas-
ures recommended specifically for the develop-
ment and improvement of wildlife resources, the
cost of providing wildlife benefits (including the
cost of additional facilities to be installed or
lands to be acquired specifically for that par-
ticular phase of wildlife conservation relating to
the development and improvement of wildlife),
the part of the cost of joint-use facilities allo-
cated to wildlife, and the part of such costs, if
any, to be reimbursed by non-Federal interests.
(g) Applicability to projects
The provisions of this section shall be applica-
ble with respect to any project for the control or
use of water as prescribed herein, or any unit of
such project authorized before or after the date
of enactment of the Fish and Wildlife Coordina-
tion Act for planning or construction, but shall
not be applicable to any project or unit thereof
authorized before the date of enactment of the
Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act if the con-
struction of the particular project or u
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