2018 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 6 - Game and Bird Preserves; Protection
Sec. 690 - Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; establishment; acquisition of lands
16 U.S.C. § 690 (2018) |
§690. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; establishment; acquisition of lands |
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, at Bear River Bay and vicinity, Utah, such dikes, ditches, spillways, buildings, and improvements as may be necessary, in his judgment, for the establishment of a suitable refuge and feeding and breeding grounds for migratory wild fowl; also to acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, water rights and privately owned lands, including the improvements thereon, deemed necessary by him for the purpose, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of the submergence of his lands. |
(Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, §1, 45 Stat. 448; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) |
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under section 671 of this title. |
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Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 6 - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION Sec. 690 - Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; establishment; acquisition of lands |
section 690 |
2018 |
January 14, 2019 |
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45 Stat. 448 53 Stat. 1433 |