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 667b - Transfer of certain real property for wildlife conservation purposes; reservation of rights
View MetadataPublication 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. 667b - Transfer of certain real property for wildlife conservation purposes; reservation of rights |
Contains | section 667b |
Date | 2011 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | May 19, 1948, ch. 310, §1, 62 Stat. 240; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §105, 63 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 92-432, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 723. |
Statutes at Large References | 62 Stat. 240 63 Stat. 381, 403 64 Stat. 583 86 Stat. 723 |
Public Law References | Public Law 92-432 |
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Upon request, real property which is under the jurisdiction or control of a Federal agency and no longer required by such agency, (1) can be utilized for wildlife conservation purposes by the agency of the State exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State wherein the real property lies or by the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) is valuable for use for any such purpose, and which, in the determination of the Administrator of General Services, is available for such use may, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, be transferred without reimbursement or transfer of funds (with or without improvements as determined by said Administrator) by the Federal agency having jurisdiction or control of the property to (a) such State agency if the management thereof for the conservation of wildlife relates to other than migratory birds, or (b) to the Secretary of the Interior if the real property has particular value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program. Any such transfer to other than the United States shall be subject to the reservation by the United States of all oil, gas, and mineral rights, and to the condition that the property shall continue to be used for wildlife conservation or other of the above-stated purposes and in the event it is no longer used for such purposes or in the event it is needed for national defense purposes title thereto shall revert to the United States.
(May 19, 1948, ch. 310, §1, 62 Stat. 240; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, §105, 63 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 92–432, Sept. 26, 1972, 86 Stat. 723.)
Amendments1972—Cl. (2). Pub. L. 92–432 struck out “chiefly” before “valuable for use”.
Transfer of FunctionsFunctions, records, property, etc., of War Assets Administration transferred to General Services Administration, functions of War Assets Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services, and War Assets Administration and office of War Assets Administrator abolished by section 105 of act June 30, 1949. Transfer of functions effective July 1, 1949, see section 605, formerly §505, of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, §6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.
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