2011 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 5A - PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE (§§ 661 - 668ss)
Subchapter I - GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH (§§ 661 - 667e)
Section 664 - Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 5A - PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE SUBCHAPTER I - GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH Sec. 664 - Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies |
| Contains | section 664 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | 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. 1080; Pub. L. 85-624, §2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 567. |
| Statutes at Large References | 48 Stat. 402 53 Stat. 1433 54 Stat. 1232 60 Stat. 1080 72 Stat. 567 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 85-624 |
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Such areas as are made available to the Secretary of the Interior for the purposes of sections 661 to 666c of this title, 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. 1080; Pub. L. 85–624, §2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 567.)
Amendments1958—Pub. L. 85–624 permitted lands having value to the National Bird Management Program to be made available directly to the State agency having control over wildlife resources.
1946—Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for administration of wildlife areas, and for the promulgation of rules and regulations.
Transfer of FunctionsSee Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this title.
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