2021 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 6 - Game and Bird Preserves; Protection
Sec. 691 - Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 691 (2021)
Section Name §691. Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land
Section Text

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in what is known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County, Kansas, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of submergence of his lands.

Source Credit

(June 12, 1930, ch. 469, §1, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, §4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)


Editorial Notes EXECUTIVE DOCUMENTS TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6 - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 691 - Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land
Contains section 691
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 46 Stat. 579
53 Stat. 1433
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