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16 U.S.C. § 2904 — Approval of conservation plans and certain nongame fish and wildlife conservation actions
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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) 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 conservation shall be deemed to be an approved plan for purposes of section 6(a)(1) of 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
(2) that portion of such plan that pertains to fish conservation shall be deemed to be an approved plan for the purposes of section 6(a)(1) of the Act of August 9, 1950 [[16 U.S.C. 777e(a)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section777e/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.].
**(c) Conservation actions** If the Secretary approves the conservation plan of any State under subsection (a), those conservation actions set forth in the plan which pertain to nongame fish and wildlife shall be deemed to be eligible as nongame fish and wildlife projects for which reimbursement is available under [section 2905 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2905&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(d) Nongame conservation actions in the absence of an approved plan** In the absence of an approved conservation plan, and on a showing of need by the State, the Secretary may deem certain conservation actions to be nongame fish and wildlife projects for which reimbursement is available under [section 2905(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section2905/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim) if they—
(1) are consistent with such of 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) as may be appropriate, including, but not limited to, the requirements in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (7) of such section; and
(2) are substantial in character and design.
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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 conservation plan for any State must—
(1) provide for the vesting in the designated State agency of the overall responsibility for the development and revision of the conservation plan;
(2) provide for an inventory of the nongame fish and wildlife, and such other fish and wildlife as the designated State agency deems appropriate, that are within the State and are valued for ecological, educational, esthetic, cultural, recreational, economic, or scientific benefits by the public;
(3) with respect to those species identified under paragraph (2) (hereinafter in this section referred to as “plan species”), provide for—
(A) the determination of the size, range, and distribution of their populations, and
(B) the identification of the extent, condition, and location of their significant habitats;
(4) identify the significant problems which may adversely affect the plan species and their significant habitats;
(5) determine those actions which should be taken to conserve the plan species and their significant habitats;
(6) establish priorities for implementing the conservation actions determined under paragraph (5);
(7) provide for the monitoring, on a regular basis, of the plan species and the effectiveness of the conservation actions determined under paragraph (5);
(8) provide for plan review and revision, if appropriate, at intervals of not more than 3 years;
(9) ensure that the public be given opportunity to make its views known and considered during the development, revision, and implementation of the plan; and
(10) provide that the designated State agency consult, as appropriate, with Federal agencies, and other State agencies during the development, revision, and implementation of the plan, in order to minimize duplication of efforts and to ensure that
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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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**(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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(1) provide for the vesting in the designated
State agency of the overall responsibility for
the development and revision of the conserva-
tion plan;
(2) provide for an inventory of the nongame
fish and wildlife, and such other fish and wild-
life as the designated State agency deems ap-
propriate, that are within the State and are
valued for ecological, educational, esthetic,
cultural, recreational, economic, or scientific
benefits by the public;
(3) with respect to those species identified
under paragraph (2) (hereinafter in this sec-
tion referred to as ‘‘plan species’’), provide
for—
(A) the determination of the size, range,
and distribution of their populations, and
(B) the identification of the extent, condi-
tion, and location of their significant habi-
tats;
(4) identify the significant problems which
may adversely affect the plan species and
their significant habitats;
(5) determine those actions which should be
taken to conserve the plan species and their
significant habitats;
(6) establish priorities for implementing the
conservation actions determined under para-
graph (5);
(7) provide for the monitoring, on a regular
basis, of the plan species and the effectiveness
of the conservation actions determined under
paragraph (5);
(8) provide for plan review and revision, if
appropriate, at intervals of not more than 3
years;
(9) ensure that the public be given oppor-
tunity to make its views known and consid-
ered during the development, revision, and im-
plementation of the plan; and
(10) provide that the designated State agen-
cy consult, as appropriate, with Federal agen-
cies, and other State agencies during the de-
velopment, revision, and implementation of
the plan, in order to minimize dup
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§ 669
Sec.
669k.
Reports and certifications.
669l.
Value of land.
§ 669. Cooperation of Secretary of the Interior
with States; conditions
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to
cooperate with the States, through their respec-
tive State fish and game departments, in wild-
life-restoration projects as hereinafter in this
chapter set forth; but no money apportioned
under this chapter to any State shall be ex-
pended therein until its legislature, or other
State agency authorized by the State constitu-
tion 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 de-
partment, except that, until the final adjourn-
ment of the first regular session of the legisla-
ture 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 pur-
poses of this chapter is to provide financial and
technical assistance to the States for the pro-
motion of hunting and recreational shooting.
(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 1, 50 Stat. 917; 1939 Reorg.
Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53
Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title V, § 501(b),
Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3191.)
Editorial Notes
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**(a) Setting aside 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 wildlife 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 wildlife-restoration 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 State fish and
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§ 669d
per centum, of the revenues (excluding interest accru-
ing under section 669b(b) of this title) covered into said
fund in each fiscal year as the Secretary of the Interior
may estimate to be necessary for his expenses in the
administration and execution of this chapter and the
Migratory Bird Conservation Act shall be deducted for
that purpose, and such sum is authorized to be made
available therefor until the expiration of the next suc-
ceeding fiscal year, and within sixty days after the
close of such fiscal year the Secretary of the Interior
shall apportion such part thereof as remains unex-
pended by him, if any, and make certificate thereof to
the Secretary of the Treasury and to the State fish and
game departments on the same basis and in the same
manner as is provided as to other amounts authorized
by this chapter to be apportioned among the States for
such current fiscal year.’’, inserted subsec. (b) designa-
tion and heading, substituted ‘‘after deducting the
available amount under subsection (a), the amount ap-
portioned under subsection (c), any amount appor-
tioned under section 669g–1 of this title, and amounts
provided as grants under sections 669h–1 and 669h–2 of
this title, shall apportion’’ for ‘‘after making the afore-
said deduction, shall apportion, except as provided in
subsection (b) of this section,’’, redesignated former
subsec. (b) as (c), and inserted ‘‘Puerto Rico,’’ after
‘‘American Samoa,’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106–553 added subsec. (c) relating
to apportionment of Wildlife Conservation and Restora-
tion Account.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 106–553 added subsec. (d).
1989—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–233 inserted ‘‘(excluding
interest accruing under section 669b(b) of this title)’’
after
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§ 777
1 So in original. Probably should be section ‘‘262b’’.
and for treatment of related references, see sections
468(b), 551(d), 552(d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Secu-
rity, and the Department of Homeland Security Reor-
ganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set
out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
§ 773j. Authorization of appropriations
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated
for fiscal year 1983 and beyond, such sums as
may be necessary for carrying out the Conven-
tion and this subchapter, including—
(a) necessary travel expenses of the United
States Commissioners or alternate Commis-
sioners; and
(b) the United States share of the joint ex-
penses of the Commission: Provided, That the
Commissioners shall not, with respect to com-
mitments concerning the United States share
of the joint expenses of the Commission, be
subject to section 262(b) 1 of title 22 insofar as
it limits the authority of United States rep-
resentatives to international organizations
with respect to such commitments.
(Pub. L. 97–176, § 12, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 84.)
§ 773k. Location of office space and other facili-
ties on or near University of Washington
campus in State of Washington
There are hereby authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as may be necessary for the
Secretary of State to provide for fiscal year 1983
and beyond, by contract, grant, or otherwise, fa-
cilities for office and any other necessary space
for the Commission. Such facilities shall be lo-
cated on or near the campus of the University of
Washington in the State of Washington and
shall be provided without regard to the cost-
sharing provisions in the Convention.
(Pub. L. 97–176, § 13, May 17, 1982, 96 Stat. 84.)
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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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