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 management (exclusive of law enforce- ment) 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 WILD- LIFE AREAS AND RESOURCES.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- graph (2), each State may use the funds appor- tioned to it under section 669c(c) of this title 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 limita- tion 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 li- cense fees paid by hunters, but not from other Federal grant programs. (4) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue not later than the 120th day after the effective date of this subsection such regulations as he deems advisable relative to the criteria for the establishment of hunter safety programs and public target ranges under this subsection. (Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 8, 50 Stat. 919; July 24, 1946, ch. 605, § 2, 60 Stat. 656; Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 861, § 2, 69 Stat. 698; Pub. L. 91–503, title I, § 102, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 92–558, title I, § 102(a), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 111(c), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1766; Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(a)(2) [title IX, § 902(g)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A–124; Pub. L. 116–17, § 4(b), May 10, 2019, 133 Stat. 867; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title V, § 501(e), Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3193.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The effective date of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (b)(4), probably means Oct. 23, 1970, the date of approval of Pub. L. 91–503, which added subsec. (b). AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 116–94, § 501(e)(1), struck out ‘‘and public relations’’ after ‘‘(exclusive of law enforce- ment’’. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 116–17 inserted subsec. heading, designated first, second, and third sentences of existing provisions as pars. (1), (3), and (4), respectively, and in- serted par. headings, in par. (1), substituted ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2), each State’’ for ‘‘Each State’’ and ‘‘operation’’ for ‘‘construction, operation,’’, and added par. (2). Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 116–94, § 501(e)(2), struck out ‘‘, as a part of such program’’ before period at end. 2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–553 inserted at end ‘‘Funds from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account may be used for a wildlife conservation edu- cation program, except that no such funds may be used for education efforts, projects, or programs that pro- mote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.’’ Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–408 substituted ‘‘section 669c(c) of this title’’ for ‘‘section 669c(b) of this title’’ in first sentence. 1972—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92–558 substituted ‘‘public target ranges’’ for ‘‘public outdoor target ranges’’ in two places. 1970—Pub. L. 91–503 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out the 25 percent limitation on the use of Federal funds for wildlife restoration projects and the 30 percent limitation on the use of Federal funds for the management of wild life areas and re- sources, and added subsec. (b). 1955—Act Aug. 12, 1955, permitted expenditure of funds for management of wildlife areas and resource. 1946—Act July 24, 1946, inserted proviso defining ‘‘wildlife-restoration project’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 92–558, title I, § 102(b), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1173, provided that: ‘‘The amendments made by sub- section (a) of this section [amending this section] shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 25, 1972].’’ § 669g–1. Payment of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- lands, and Virgin Islands The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Governor of Guam, the Gov-