16 U.S.C. § 695p — Regulation of waters to maintain sump

Page 1235 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 695q Siskiyou County, California, lettered as tracts ‘‘A’’, ‘‘B’’, ‘‘C’’, ‘‘D’’, ‘‘E’’, ‘‘F’’, ‘‘G’’, ‘‘H’’, ‘‘I’’, ‘‘J’’, ‘‘K’’, ‘‘L’’, and ‘‘N’’ totaling approximately three thousand two hundred and ninety-two acres, and tract ‘‘P’’ in Modoc County, Cali- fornia, containing about ten acres, all as shown on plate 4 of the report entitled ‘‘Plan for Wild- life Use of Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California,’’ dated April 1956, pre- pared by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. All the above lands shall remain perma- nently the property of the United States. (Pub. L. 88–567, § 2, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 850.) § 695m. Annual percentage payments of net reve- nues from leases of Klamath project lands on pro rata basis; limitation on payments; pri- ority of use of net revenues Subject to conditions hereafter prescribed, and pursuant to such regulations as may be issued by the Secretary, 25 per centum of the net reve- nues collected during each fiscal year from the leasing of Klamath project reserved Federal lands within the Executive order boundaries of the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge and the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge shall be paid annually by the Secretary, without further authorization, for each full fiscal year after September 2, 1964 to the counties in which such refuges are located, such payments to be made on a pro rata basis to each county based upon the refuge acreage in each county: Pro- vided, That the total annual payment per acre to each county shall not exceed 50 per centum of the average per acre tax levied on similar lands in private ownership in each county, as deter- mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That no such payments shall be made which will re- duce the credits or the payments to be made pursuant to contractual obligations of the United States with the Tulelake Irrigation Dis- trict or the payments to the Klamath Drainage District as full reimbursement for the construc- tion of irrigation facilities within said district, and that the priority of use of the total net reve- nues collected from the leasing of the lands de- scribed in this section shall be (1) to credit or pay from each revenues to the Tulelake Irriga- tion District the amounts already committed to such payment or credit; (2) to pay from such rev- enues to the Klamath Drainage District the sum of $197,315; and (3) to pay from such revenues to the counties the amounts prescribed by this sec- tion. (Pub. L. 88–567, § 3, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 850.) § 695n. Leases of Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge reserved lands; management of other reserved public lands for waterfowl purposes The Secretary shall, consistent with proper waterfowl management, continue the present pattern of leasing the reserved lands of the Klamath Straits unit, the Southwest Sump, the League of Nations unit, the Henzel lease, and the Frog Pond unit, all within the Executive order boundaries of the Lower Klamath and Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuges and shown in plate 4 of the report entitled ‘‘Plan for Wildlife Use of Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California,’’ dated April 1956. Leases for these lands shall be at a price or prices designed to obtain the maximum lease revenues. The leases shall provide for the grow- ing of grain, forage, and soil-building crops, ex- cept that not more than 25 per centum of the total leased lands may be planted to row crops. All other reserved public lands included in sec- tion 695l of this title shall continue to be man- aged by the Secretary for waterfowl purposes, including the growing of agricultural crops by direct planting and sharecrop agreements with local cooperators where necessary. (Pub. L. 88–567, § 4, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 851.) § 695o. Limitation on reduction of areas by diking or other construction The areas of sumps 1(a) and 1(b) in the Klam- ath project lying within the Executive order boundaries of the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge shall not be reduced by diking or by any other construction to less than the existing thir- teen thousand acres. (Pub. L. 88–567, § 5, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 851.) § 695p. Regulation of waters to maintain sump levels In carrying out the obligations of the United States under any migratory bird treaty, the Mi- gratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755), as amend- ed [16 U.S.C. 703 et seq.], or the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), as amended [16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.], waters under the control of the Secretary of the Interior shall be regulated, subject to valid existing rights, to maintain sump levels in the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge at levels established by regulations issued by the Secretary pursuant to the contract between the United States and the Tulelake Ir- rigation District, dated September 10, 1956, or any amendment thereof. Such regulations shall accommodate to the maximum extent prac- ticable waterfowl management needs. (Pub. L. 88–567, § 6, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 851.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (40 Stat. 755), referred to in text, is act July 3, 1918, ch. 128, 40 Stat. 755, which is classified generally to subchapter II of chapter 7 (§ 703 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 710 of this title and Tables. The Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), as amended, referred to in text, is act Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, 45 Stat. 1222, which is classified generally to sub- chapter III (§ 715 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec- tion 715 of this title and Tables. § 695q. Research studies on Clear Lake Refuge; report to Congress The Secretary is hereby directed to complete studies that have been undertaken relating to the development of the water resources and wa- terfowl management potential of the Clear Lake National Wildlife Refuge. The results of such studies, when completed, and the recommenda-