2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 9B - National Fish Hatchery System Enhancement
Sec. 760aa-1 - Gifts to system and particular national fish hatcheries
| 16 U.S.C. § 760aa-1 (2019) |
| §760aa–1. Gifts to system and particular national fish hatcheries |
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(a) Authorization of gifts, devises, and bequests for system
In furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary of the Interior may accept any gifts, devises, or bequests of real and personal property, or proceeds therefrom, or interests therein, for the benefit of the National Fish Hatchery System. Such acceptance may be subject to the terms of any restrictive or affirmative covenant, or condition of servitude, if such terms are deemed by the Secretary to be in accordance with law and compatible with the purpose for which acceptance is sought. (b) Use of gifts, devises, and bequests (1) In generalAny gifts and bequests of money and proceeds from the sales of other property received as gifts or bequests pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in a separate account in the Treasury and may be expended without further appropriation by the Secretary for the benefit of the System programs administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Any gift, devise, or bequest made for the benefit of a facility of the System shall be disbursed only for the benefit of that facility and without further appropriations. Subject to the availability of appropriations and the requirements of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) and other applicable law, the Secretary may provide funds to match gifts, devises, and bequests made for the benefit of a facility of the System. With respect to each gift, devise, or bequest, the amount of Federal funds may not exceed the amount (or, in the case of property or in-kind services, the fair market value) of the gift, devise, or bequest. |
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(Pub. L. 109–360, §3, Oct. 16, 2006, 120 Stat. 2059.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(B), is act Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, 48 Stat. 401, as amended, which is classified generally to sections 661 to 666c–1 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 661(a) of this title, Short Title note set out under section 661 of this title, and Tables. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 9B - NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY SYSTEM ENHANCEMENT Sec. 760aa-1 - Gifts to system and particular national fish hatcheries |
| section 760aa-1 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
| No |
| standard |
| 48 Stat. 401 120 Stat. 2059 |
| Public Law 109-360 |
