
From the U.S. Code Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Laws in effect as of January 2, 2001]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
  January 2, 2001 and January 28, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC715c]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
     CHAPTER 7--PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION
 
Sec. 715c. Areas recommended for approval; character

    The Secretary of the Interior may not recommend any area for 
purchase or rental under the terms of this subchapter unless the 
Secretary of the Interior--
        (1) has determined that such area is necessary for the 
    conservation of migratory birds; and
        (2) has consulted with the county or other unit of local 
    government in which such area is located and with the Governor of 
    the State concerned or the appropriate State agency.

(Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, Sec. 4, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, 
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 89-
669, Sec. 7(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 95-552, Sec. 2, 
Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2071.)


                               Amendments

    1978--Pub. L. 95-552 substituted ``may not recommend any area'' for 
``shall recommend no area'', incorporated existing provision in item (1) 
and added item (2).
    1966--Pub. L. 89-669 struck out ``game'' from ``migratory game 
birds''.

                          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 715a of this title.
