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16 U.S.C. § 669 — Cooperation of Secretary of the Interior with States; conditions
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the States, through their respective State fish and game departments, in wildlife-restoration projects as hereinafter in this chapter set forth; but no money apportioned under this chapter to any State shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of wildlife, shall have assented to the provision of this chapter and shall have passed laws for the conservation of wildlife which shall include a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by hunters 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 September 2, 1937, 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 wildlife-restoration 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. One of the purposes of this chapter is to provide financial and technical assistance to the States for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting.
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the States, through their respective State fish and game departments, in wildlife-restoration projects as hereinafter in this chapter set forth; but no money apportioned under this chapter to any State shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of wildlife, shall have assented to the provision of this chapter and shall have passed laws for the conservation of wildlife which shall include a prohibition against the diversion of license fees paid by hunters 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 September 2, 1937, 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 wildlife-restoration 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. One of the purposes of this chapter is to provide financial and technical assistance to the States for the promotion of hunting and recreational shooting.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Coastal political subdivision** — The term “coastal political subdivision” means a political subdivision of a coastal State any part of which political subdivision is—
(A) within the coastal zone (as defined in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ([16 U.S.C. 1453](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1453&num=0&edition=prelim))) of the coastal State as of August 8, 2005; and
(B) not more than 200 nautical miles from the geographic center of any leased tract.
(2) **Coastal population** — The term “coastal population” means the population, as determined by the most recent official data of the Census Bureau, of each political subdivision any part of which lies within the designated coastal boundary of a State (as defined in a State’s coastal zone management program under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ([16 U.S.C. 1451](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1451&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.)).
(3) **Coastal State** — The term “coastal State” has the meaning given the term in section 304 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 ([16 U.S.C. 1453](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1453&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(4) **Coastline** — The term “coastline” has the meaning given the term “coast line” in [section 1301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title43-section1301&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Distance** — The term “distance” means the minimum great circle distance, measured in statute miles.
(6) **Leased tract** — The term “leased tract” means a tract that is subject to a lease under section 1335 or 1337 of this title for the purpose of
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**(a) Creation of Trust Fund** There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Highway Trust Fund”, consisting of such amounts as may be appropriated or credited to the Highway Trust Fund as provided in this section or section 9602(b).
**(b) Transfer to Highway Trust Fund of amounts equivalent to certain taxes and penalties**
(1) **Certain taxes** — There are hereby appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes received in the Treasury before October 1, 2028, under the following provisions—
(A) section 4041 (relating to taxes on diesel fuels and special motor fuels),
(B) section 4051 (relating to retail tax on heavy trucks and trailers),
(C) section 4071 (relating to tax on tires),
(D) section 4081 (relating to tax on gasoline, diesel fuel, and kerosene), and
(E) section 4481 (relating to tax on use of certain vehicles).
For purposes of this paragraph, taxes received under sections 4041 and 4081 shall be determined without reduction for credits under section 6426 and taxes received under section 4081 shall be determined without regard to tax receipts attributable to the rate specified in section 4081(a)(2)(C).
(2) **Liabilities incurred before October 1, 2028** — There are hereby appropriated to the Highway Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the taxes which are received in the Treasury after September 30, 2028, and before July 1, 2029, and which are attributable to liability for tax incurred before October 1, 2028, under the provisions described in paragraph (1).
(3) **Repealed. Pub. L. 109–59, title XI, § 11161(c)(2)(C), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1972]**
(4) **Certain taxes not transferred to Highway Trust Fund** — For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), there shall not be taken into
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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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As used in this chapter—
(1) the term “conservation” means the use of methods and procedures necessary or desirable to sustain healthy populations of wildlife, including all activities associated with scientific resources management such as research, census, monitoring of populations, acquisition, improvement and management of habitat, live trapping and transplantation, wildlife damage management, and periodic or total protection of a species or population, as well as the taking of individuals within wildlife stock or population if permitted by applicable State and Federal law;
(2) for the purposes of determining the number of paid hunting-license holders in a State, the term “fiscal year” means the fiscal year or license year of the State;
(3) the term “hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment” means any activity or project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational shooters, including by—
(A) outreach and communications as a means—
(i) to improve communications with hunters, recreational shooters, and the general public with respect to hunting and recreational shooting opportunities;
(ii) to reduce barriers to participation in these activities;
(iii) to advance the adoption of sound hunting and recreational shooting practices;
(iv) to promote conservation and the responsible use of the wildlife resources of the United States; and
(v) to further safety in hunting and recreational shooting;
(B) providing education, mentoring, and field demonstrations;
(C) enhancing access for hunting and recreational shooting, including through range construction; and
(D) providing education to the public about the role of hunting and recreational shooting in funding wildlife conservation;
(4) the term “public target range” mean
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**(a) In general**
(1) An amount equal to all revenues accruing each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year 1975) from any tax imposed on specified articles by sections 4161(b) and 4181 of title 26, shall, subject to the exemptions in section 4182 of such title, be covered into the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund in the Treasury (hereinafter referred to as the “fund”) and is authorized to be appropriated and made available until expended to carry out the purposes of this chapter. So much of such appropriations apportioned to any State for any fiscal year as remains unexpended at the close thereof is authorized to be made available for expenditure in that State until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. Any amount apportioned to any State under the provisions of this chapter which is unexpended or unobligated at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure on any project is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out 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.].
(2) There is established in the Federal aid to wildlife restoration fund a subaccount to be known as the “Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account”. There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account $50,000,000 in fiscal year 2001 for apportionment in accordance with this chapter to carry out State wildlife conservation and restoration programs. Further, interest on amounts transferred shall be treated in a manner consistent with [16 U.S.C. 669(b)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-se
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The Secretary of the Interior shall encourage States and local subdivisions thereof to consider, in their comprehensive planning and proposals for financial assistance under the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (50 Stat. 917), as amended ([16 U.S.C. 669](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section669&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act (64 Stat. 430), as amended ([16 U.S.C. 777](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), chapter 2003 of title 54, the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 11 See References in Text note below. (78 Stat. 197) [[16 U.S.C. 779](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section779&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], and the Anadromous and Great Lakes Fisheries Conservation Act of October 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 1125) [[16 U.S.C. 757a](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section757a&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the needs and opportunities for protecting and restoring estuaries in accordance with the purposes of this chapter. In approving grants made pursuant to said laws for the acquisition of all or part of an estuarine area by a State, the Secretary shall establish such terms and conditions as he deems desirable to insure the permanent protection of such areas, including a provision that the lands or interests therein shall not be disposed of by sale, lease, donation, or exchange without the prior approval of the Secretary.
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**(a) Approval by Secretary of plans**
(1) Any State may apply to the Secretary for approval of a conservation plan.
(2) Applications for the approval of conservation plans shall be made and reviewed by the Secretary in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe.
(3) As soon as practicable, but not later than 180 days, after the date on which a State submits (or resubmits in the case of prior disapproval) an application for the approval of a conservation plan the Secretary shall—
(A) approve the conservation plan, and designate it as an approved conservation plan, if he determines that the plan—
(i) meets the requirements set forth in [section 2903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2903&num=0&edition=prelim), and
(ii) is substantial in character and design; or
(B) disapprove the conservation plan if he determines that—
(i) the plan does not meet the requirements set forth in [section 2903 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2903&num=0&edition=prelim), or
(ii) to implement any part of the plan on the basis of the specifications, determinations, identifications, or priorities therein would threaten the natural stability and continued viability of any of the plan species concerned.
If the Secretary disapproves a plan, he shall give the State concerned a written statement of the reasons for disapproval and provide the State opportunity for consultation with respect to deficiencies in the plan and the modifications required for approval.
**(b) Effect of approval of plans** If the Secretary approves the conservation plan of any State under subsection (a)—
(1) that portion of such plan that pertains to wildlife conserv
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**(a) In general** Any State may apply to the Secretary for reimbursement under this section for costs incurred by the State for the following:
(1) The development of a conservation plan.
(2) The revision of an approved conservation plan.
(3) The implementation of nongame fish and wildlife conservation actions approved under section 2904(c) and (d) of this title.
(4) The implementation of conservation actions specified in an approved conservation plan.
(5) The coordination, consolidation, or implementation of the conservation plan or conservation actions approved under this chapter with other related plans or actions developed pursuant to the Act of September 2, 1937 ([16 U.S.C. 669e(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section669e/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)), commonly referred to as the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act [[16 U.S.C. 669](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section669&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and the Act of August 9, 1950 ([16 U.S.C. 777c(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777c/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim)), commonly referred to as the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act [[16 U.S.C. 777](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(b) Applications** Application for reimbursement under this section shall be made in such manner as the Secretary shall by regulation prescribe and shall contain such information as is necessary to enable the Secretary to determine whether the State meets the eligibility requirements set forth in subsection (c).
**(c) Eligibility** No State is eligible for reimbursement under this section unless the Secretary finds t
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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as—
(1) granting any property right in any fish or wildlife or other resource of the public lands or as permitting the level of subsistence uses of fish and wildlife within a conservation system unit to be inconsistent with the conservation of healthy populations, and within a national park or monument to be inconsistent with the conservation of natural and healthy populations, of fish and wildlife. No privilege which may be granted by the State to any individual with respect to subsistence uses may be assigned to any other individual;
(2) permitting any subsistence use of fish and wildlife on any portion of the public lands (whether or not within any conservation system unit) which was permanently closed to such uses on January 1, 1978, or enlarging or diminishing the Secretary’s authority to manipulate habitat on any portion of the public lands;
(3) authorizing a restriction on the taking of fish and wildlife for nonsubsistence uses on the public lands (other than national parks and park monuments) unless necessary for the conservation of healthy populations of fish and wildlife, for the reasons set forth in [section 3126 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3126&num=0&edition=prelim), to continue subsistence uses of such populations, or pursuant to other applicable law; or
(4) modifying or repealing the provisions of any Federal law governing the conservation or protection of fish and wildlife, including the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (80 Stat. 927; [16 U.S.C. 668dd](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section668dd&num=0&edition=prelim)–jj), section 100101(b)(1), chapter 1003, and sections 100751(a),
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**(a) In general** A person who violates [section 5201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section5201&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be assessed a civil penalty in an amount computed under subsection (b).
**(b) Computation of penalty** The penalty shall be—
(1) not more than $10,000, if the violation involved the use of force or violence, or the threatened use of force or violence, against the person or property of another person; and
(2) not more than $5,000 for any other violation.
**(c) Relationship to other penalties** The penalties established by this section shall be in addition to other criminal or civil penalties that may be levied against the person as a result of an activity in violation of [section 5201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section5201&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Procedure** Upon receipt of—
(1) a written complaint from an officer, employee, or agent of the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or other Federal agency that a person violated [section 5201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section5201&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(2) a sworn affidavit from an individual and a determination by the Secretary that the statement contains sufficient factual allegations to create a reasonable belief that a violation of [section 5201 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section5201&num=0&edition=prelim) has occurred;
the Secretary may request the Attorney General of the United States to institute a civil action for the imposition and collection of the civil penalty under this section.
**(e) U
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