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16 U.S.C. § 777f — Payments by United States
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**(a) Payments and advances to States** When the Secretary of the Interior shall find that any project approved by him has been completed or, if involving research relating to fish, is being conducted, in compliance with said plans and specifications, he shall cause to be paid to the proper authority of said State the amount set aside for said project. The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, from time to time, make payments on said project as the same progresses; but these payments, including previous payments, if any, shall not be more than the United States’ pro rata share of the project in conformity with said plans and specifications. If a State has elected to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter by preparing a comprehensive fish and wildlife plan as provided for under option (1) of subsection (a) of [section 777e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777e&num=0&edition=prelim), and this plan has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, then the Secretary may, in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations, as he may prescribe, advance funds to the State for financing the United States’ pro rata share agreed upon between the State fish and game department and the Secretary.
**(b) Construction work; joint payments** Any construction work and labor in each State shall be performed in accordance with its laws and under the direct supervision of the State fish and game department, subject to the inspection and approval of the Secretary of the Interior and in accordance with the rules and regulations made pursuant to this chapter. The Secretary of the Interior and the State fish and game department of each State may jointly determine at what times and in what amounts payments shal
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**(a) Payments and advances to States** When the Secretary of the Interior shall find that any project approved by him has been completed or, if involving research relating to fish, is being conducted, in compliance with said plans and specifications, he shall cause to be paid to the proper authority of said State the amount set aside for said project. The Secretary of the Interior may, in his discretion, from time to time, make payments on said project as the same progresses; but these payments, including previous payments, if any, shall not be more than the United States’ pro rata share of the project in conformity with said plans and specifications. If a State has elected to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter by preparing a comprehensive fish and wildlife plan as provided for under option (1) of subsection (a) of [section 777e of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777e&num=0&edition=prelim), and this plan has been approved by the Secretary of the Interior, then the Secretary may, in his discretion, and under such rules and regulations, as he may prescribe, advance funds to the State for financing the United States’ pro rata share agreed upon between the State fish and game department and the Secretary.
**(b) Construction work; joint payments** Any construction work and labor in each State shall be performed in accordance with its laws and under the direct supervision of the State fish and game department, subject to the inspection and approval of the Secretary of the Interior and in accordance with the rules and regulations made pursuant to this chapter. The Secretary of the Interior and the State fish and game department of each State may jointly determine at what times and in what amounts payments shall be made under this chapter. Such payments shall be made against the said appropriation to such official or officials, or depository, as may be designated by the State fish and game department and authorized under the laws of the State to receive public funds of the State.
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**(a) Apportionment of funds** Any State desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter shall, by its State fish and game department, submit programs or projects for fish restoration in either of the following two ways:
(1) The State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the Interior a comprehensive fish and wildlife resource management plan which shall insure the perpetuation of these resources for the economic, scientific, and recreational enrichment of the people. Such plan shall be for a period of not less than five years and be based on projections of desires and needs of the people for a period of not less than fifteen years. It shall include provisions for updating at intervals of not more than three years and be provided in a format as may be required by the Secretary of the Interior. If the Secretary of the Interior finds that such plans conform to standards established by him and approves such plans, he may finance up to 75 per centum of the cost of implementing segments of those plans meeting the purposes of this chapter from funds apportioned under this chapter upon his approval of an annual agreement submitted to him.
(2) A State may elect to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter by its State fish and game department submitting to the Secretary of the Interior full and detailed statements of any fish restoration and management project proposed for that State. If the Secretary of the Interior finds that such project meets with the standards set by him and approves said project, the State fish and game department shall furnish to him such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates therefor as he may require. If the Secretary of the Interior approves the plans, specifications, and estimates for the project, he shall notify the Stat
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**(a) Cooperation between Federal Government and State fish and game departments; expenditure of funds** The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to cooperate with the States through their respective State fish and game departments in fish restoration and management projects as hereinafter set forth: No money apportioned under this chapter to any State, except as hereinafter provided, shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of fish, shall have assented to the provisions of this chapter and shall have passed laws for the conservation of fish, which shall include a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by fishermen for any other purpose than the administration of said State fish and game department, except that, until the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature held after passage of this chapter, the assent of the governor of the State shall be sufficient. The Secretary of the Interior and the State fish and game department of each State accepting the benefits of this chapter shall agree upon the fish restoration and management projects to be aided in such State under the terms of this chapter, and all projects shall conform to the standards fixed by the Secretary of the Interior.
**(b) Allocation of amounts by coastal States between marine fish projects and freshwater fish projects**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (2), each coastal State, to the extent practicable, shall equitably allocate amounts apportioned to such State under this chapter between marine fish projects and freshwater fish projects in the same proportion as the estimated number of resident marine anglers and the estimated numbe
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 777f
1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subsection’’.
Aroostock Rivers and their tributaries, and
identify fish and wildlife habitat in most need of
protection or where public access to the rivers
should be provided. In addition, the Director
shall, in cooperation with appropriate State
agencies and local governments and after pro-
viding notice and opportunity for public com-
ment, identify appropriate public or private
measures for providing the necessary protection
or access for each area included in the inven-
tory. Within two years of November 16, 1990, the
Director shall submit a report containing the
findings, conclusions, and recommendations of
the inventory and assessment to the House Com-
mittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and
the Senate Committee on Environment and Pub-
lic Works.
(f) Authorization of appropriations
There are authorized to be appropriated to the
Director—
(1) $5,000,000 per year for fiscal years 1991,
1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 to implement fishery
resource restoration plans and programs, ex-
cept for activities related to the design and
construction of fish passage facilities, as di-
rected by subsection (c);
(2) $500,000 per year for fiscal years 1991, 1992,
and 1993 to conduct the study required under
subsection (d); and
(3) $500,000 to conduct the inventory and as-
sessment required under section 1 (e).
(Pub. L. 101–593, title I, § 111, Nov. 16, 1990, 104
Stat. 2960.)
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
This section, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the
original ‘‘this Act’’, which probably was intended as a
reference to New England Fishery Resources Restora-
tion Act of 1990, section 111 of Pub. L. 101–593, title I,
Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 2960, which is classifie
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