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Code · U.S. Code · Title 16 - CONSERVATION · CHAPTER 5A— PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE · SUBCHAPTER I— GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH · § 664

§ 664. Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies

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Such areas as are made available to the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of this Act, pursuant to sections 661 and 663 of this title or pursuant to any other authorization, shall be administered by him directly or in accordance with cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of section 661 of this title and in accordance with such rules and regulations for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife, resources thereof, and its habitat thereon, as may be adopted by the Secretary in accordance with general plans approved jointly by the Secretary of the Interior and the head of the department or agency exercising primary administration of such areas:
Provided, That such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the laws for the protection of fish and game of the States in which such area is situated: Provided, further, That lands having value to the National Migratory Bird Management Program may, pursuant to general plans, be made available without cost directly to the State agency having control over wildlife resources, if it is jointly determined by the Secretary of the Interior and such State agency that this would be in the public interest:
And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall have the right to assume the management and administration of such lands in behalf of the National Migratory Bird Management Program if the Secretary finds that the State agency has withdrawn from or otherwise relinquished such management and administration.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 4, 48 Stat. 402; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1081; Pub. L. 85–624, § 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 567.)
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  • Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 4
  • 48 Stat. 402
  • 53 Stat. 1433
  • 54 Stat. 1232
  • Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965
  • 60 Stat. 1081
  • Pub. L. 85–624, § 2
  • 72 Stat. 567
  • act Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55
  • 48 Stat. 401
  • Pub. L. 85–624
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§ 664
Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies
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ActMar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, § 4
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