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16 U.S.C. § 669g — Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources

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16 U.S.C. § 669g — Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources

**(a)** Maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects established under the provisions of this chapter shall be the duty of the States in accordance with their respective laws. Beginning July 1, 1945, the term “wildlife-restoration project”, as defined in [section 669a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section669a&num=0&edition=prelim), shall include maintenance of completed projects. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, funds apportioned to a State under this chapter may be expended by the State for management (exclusive of law enforcement) of wildlife areas and resources. Funds from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account may be used for a wildlife conservation education program, except that no such funds may be used for education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife. **(b) Expenditures for Management of Wildlife Areas and Resources.—** (1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State may use the funds apportioned to it under [section 669c(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section669c/c&num=0&edition=prelim) to pay up to 75 per centum of the costs of a hunter safety program and the operation and maintenance of public target ranges. (2) **Exception.—** — Notwithstanding the limitation described in paragraph (1), a State may pay up to 90 percent of the cost of acquiring land for, expanding, or constructing a public target range. (3) **Non-federal share.—** — The non-Federal share of such costs may be derived from license fees paid by hunters, but not from other Federal grant programs. (4) **Regulations.—** — The Secretary shall issue not later than th

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16 U.S.C. § 669a — Definitions

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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16 U.S.C. § 669g — Maintenance of projects; expenditures for

Page 1196 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 669g Such payments shall be made by the Secretary of the Treasury, on warrants drawn by the Sec- retary of the Interior against the said fund to such official or officials, or depository, as may be designated by the State fish and game depart- ment and authorized under the laws of the State to receive public funds of the State. (Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 7, 50 Stat. 919; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 91–503, title I, § 102, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1100.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1970—Pub. L. 91–503 divided existing provisions into subsecs. (a) and (b), permitted advance payments to the States for work which has been adequately defined in a comprehensive fish and wildlife plan, and struck out reference to progress payments in provision covering joint determination of time and amounts of payments. Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relat- ing to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior. § 669g. Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources (a) Maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects established under the provisions of this chapter shall be the duty of the States in ac- cordance with their respective laws. Beginning July 1, 1945, the term ‘‘wildlife-restoration project’’, as defined in section 669a of this title, shall include maintenance of completed projects. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, funds apportioned to a State under this chapter may be expended by the State for manageme

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