16 U.S.C. § 722 — Acquisition of lands and water

Page 1290 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 721 Program $350,000 for each of the fiscal years 2006 through 2010. (b) Limitations on use for distribution to State and regional coordinators to implement com- petitions Of the amount appropriated under this section for a fiscal year— (1) not more than $100,000 may be used by the Secretary to administer the Program; and (2) not more than $250,000 may be distributed to State and regional coordinators to imple- ment competitions under the Program. (Pub. L. 103–340, § 6, formerly § 5, Oct. 6, 1994, 108 Stat. 3120; renumbered § 6 and amended Pub. L. 106–316, §§ 1, 2(2), Oct. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 1276; Pub. L. 109–166, § 3, Jan. 10, 2006, 119 Stat. 3577.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Another section 6 of Pub. L. 103–340 was renumbered section 7 and enacted provisions listed in a table of Na- tional Wildlife Refuges set out under section 668dd of this title. AMENDMENTS 2006—Pub. L. 109–166 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted subsec. (a) heading, substituted ‘‘$350,000’’ for ‘‘$250,000’’ and ‘‘fiscal years 2006 through 2010’’ for ‘‘fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’, and added subsec. (b). 2000—Pub. L. 106–316, § 1, substituted ‘‘for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005’’ for ‘‘for each of the fis- cal years 1995 through 2000’’. CHAPTER 8—UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE Sec. 721. Short title; ‘‘person’’ defined. 722. Acquisition of lands and water. 723. Purposes of refuge; regulations by Secretary of the Interior. 724. Consent of States to acquisition; existing rights-of-way, easements, etc. 725. Regulations, etc., by Secretary of the Inte- rior. 726. Acts prohibited in refuge; commercial fishing. 727. Powers of employees of Department of the In- terior. 728. Expenditures. 729. Price per acre. 730. Violations of law or regulations; punishment. 731. Effect on other laws. § 721. Short title; ‘‘person’’ defined This chapter may be cited as ‘‘The Upper Mis- sissippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge Act.’’ The term ‘‘person’’ as used therein in- cludes an individual, partnership, association, or corporation. (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 1, 12, 43 Stat. 650, 652; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is a combination provision, the first sentence being derived from section 1 and the last from section 12, of act June 7, 1924. AMENDMENTS 1998—Pub. L. 105–312 substituted ‘‘National Wildlife’’ for ‘‘Wild Life’’. § 722. Acquisition of lands and water The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water, situated between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on either side of or upon islands in the Mis- sissippi River which are not used for agricul- tural purposes, as he determines suitable for the purposes of this chapter, and any such area when acquired shall become a part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (referred to in this chapter as the ‘‘ref- uge’’). (June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650; June 18, 1934, ch. 602, 48 Stat. 1015; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section is a combination provision, the latter portion beginning with the words ‘‘and any such area,’’ being from section 3, and the remainder of the section from section 2 of act June 7, 1924. AMENDMENTS 1998—Pub. L. 105–312, which directed the amendment of section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act by substituting ‘‘National Wild- life’’ for ‘‘Wild Life’’, was executed to the part of this section based on section 3 of the act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See Codification note above. 1934—Act June 18, 1934, struck out ‘‘which are subject to overflow by such river’’ after ‘‘Mississippi River’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries LAND CONVEYANCE, UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957, provided that: ‘‘In accordance with section 4(a)(5) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(5)), there are transferred to the Corps of Engineers, without reimbursement, ap- proximately 37.36 acres of land of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in the State of Min- nesota, as designated on the map entitled ‘Upper Mis- sissippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge lands trans- ferred to Corps of Engineers’, dated January 1998, and available, with accompanying legal descriptions of the land, for inspection in appropriate offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.’’ ADDITIONAL LANDS Act June 13, 1944, ch. 243, 58 Stat. 274, provided for the acquisition of certain tracts of land situated in Wabasha County, Minnesota. 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. § 723. Purposes of refuge; regulations by Sec- retary of the Interior The refuge shall be established and main- tained (a) as a refuge and breeding place for mi-