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TITLE 16 -- CONSERVATION CHAPTER 5A -- PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE -- Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act

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TITLE 16--CONSERVATION

CHAPTER 5A--PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE

SUBCHAPTER I--GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH

Sec. 661. Declaration of purpose; cooperation of agencies;
surveys and investigations; donations

For the purpose of recognizing the vital contribution of our
wildlife resources to the Nation, the increasing public interest and
significance thereof due to expansion of our national economy and other
factors, and to provide that wildlife conservation shall receive equal
consideration and be coordinated with other features of water-resource
development programs through the effectual and harmonious planning,
development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife conservation and
rehabilitation for the purposes of sections 661 to 666c of this title in
the United States, its Territories and possessions, the Secretary of the
Interior is authorized (1) to provide assistance to, and cooperate with,
Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations in the
development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of
wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of
the same from disease or other causes, in minimizing damages from
overabundant species, in providing public shooting and fishing areas,
including easements across public lands for access thereto, and in
carrying out other measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of said
sections; (2) to make surveys and investigations of the wildlife of the
public domain, including lands and waters or interests therein acquired
or controlled by any agency of the United States; and (3) to accept
donations of land and contributions of funds in furtherance of the
purposes of said sections.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 401; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 14,
1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 85-624, Sec. 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72
Stat. 563.)


Amendments

1958--Pub. L. 85-624 inserted provisions which relate to recognition
of the vital contribution of wildlife resources to the Nation, the
increasing public interest and significance thereof, and to equal
consideration and coordination of wildlife conservation with other
water-resources development programs, and which authorize the Secretary
to provide public fishing areas, and to accept donations of lands and
contributions of funds.
1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally in order to
promote more effectual planning and cooperation between Federal, State,
public, and private agencies for the conservation and rehabilitation of
wildlife.


Short Title

Section 1 of Pub. L. 85-624 provided: ``That the Act of March 10,
1934, as amended, and as further amended by this Act [sections 661 to
666c of this title] may be cited as the `Fish and Wildlife Coordination
Act'.''

Transfer of Functions

Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department
of the Interior related to compliance with wildlife consultation in
sections 661 to 666c of this title and such functions of Secretary or
other official in Department of Agriculture, insofar as they involve
lands and programs under jurisdiction of that Department, related to
compliance with sections 661 to 666c of this title with respect to pre-
construction, construction, and initial operation of transportation
system for Canadian and Alaskan natural gas transferred to Federal
Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System, until first anniversary of date of initial
operation of Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan
No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(e), (f), 203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat.
1373, 1376, effective July 1, 1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for
the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System abolished and functions and
authority vested in Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by
section 3012(b) of Pub. L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of
Federal Inspector note under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and
Trade. Functions and authority vested in Secretary of Energy
subsequently transferred to Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation Projects by section 720d(f) of Title 15.
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies
of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of
the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950,
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5.
Functions, appropriations, records, and property of Secretary of the
Interior and Fish and Wildlife Service of Department of the Interior
which affect or relate to breeding, raising, producing, marketing, or
any other phase of production or distribution of domestically raised
fur-bearing animals, or the products thereof transferred to Secretary of
Agriculture by section 434 of Title 7, Agriculture.
Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R.
2108, 54 Stat. 1232, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees, consolidated Bureau of Fisheries and Bureau
of Biological Survey with their respective functions into one agency in
Department of the Interior to be known as the Fish and Wildlife Service,
and abolished the office of Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of
Fisheries and transferred their functions to the consolidated agency.
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
transferred Bureau of Fisheries in Department of Commerce, and its
functions, to Department of the Interior; transferred functions of
Secretary of Commerce relating to protection of fur seals and other fur-
bearing animals to Secretary of the Interior; and transferred functions
of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game,
and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.


Appropriations

Section 4 of Pub. L. 85-624 provided that: ``There is hereby
authorized to be appropriated and expended such funds as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act [amending this section
and sections 662 to 664 of this title and enacting section 1008 of this
title].''


Study of Soft- and Hard-Shell Clams

Act May 26, 1948, ch. 348, 62 Stat. 274, directed the Fish and
Wildlife Service to undertake, in cooperation with appropriate State and
interstate agencies in accordance with the provisions of the Act of
August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080), comprehensive studies of the soft-shell
clam, Mya arenaria, and the hard-shell clam, Venus mercenaria, with
particular respect to the biology, propagation, and methods of
cultivation of such clams, required the Service to recommend appropriate
measures for (1) arresting depletion in existing productive beds; (2)
restoring to production beds formerly productive but now barren or
unusable; (3) developing new areas which may be found suitable; (4)
improving methods and techniques of digging, transplanting, and
handling; and (5) otherwise increasing production and improving the
quality of such clams for the benefit of both producers and consumers,
and authorized for the five-year period beginning July 1, 1948, the sum
of $250,000 to carry out the studies of the soft-shell clam and the sum
of $250,000 to carry out the studies of the hard-shell clam.


Sec. 662. Impounding, diverting, or controlling of waters


(a) Consultations between agencies

Except as hereafter stated in subsection (h) of this section,
whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are proposed or
authorized to be impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the
stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or modified for any
purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage, by any department
or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under
Federal permit or license, such department or agency first shall consult
with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the
Interior, and with the head of the agency exercising administration over
the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein the impoundment,
diversion, or other control facility is to be constructed, with a view
to the conservation of wildlife resources by preventing loss of and
damage to such resources as well as providing for the development and
improvement thereof in connection with such water-resource development.

(b) Reports and recommendations; consideration

In furtherance of such purposes, the reports and recommendations of
the Secretary of the Interior on the wildlife aspects of such projects,
and any report of the head of the State agency exercising administration
over the wildlife resources of the State, based on surveys and
investigations conducted by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
and such State agency for the purpose of determining the possible damage
to wildlife resources and for the purpose of determining means and
measures that should be adopted to prevent the loss of or damage to such
wildlife resources, as well as to provide concurrently for the
development and improvement of such resources, shall be made an integral
part of any report prepared or submitted by any agency of the Federal
Government responsible for engineering surveys and construction of such
projects when such reports are presented to the Congress or to any
agency or person having the authority or the power, by administrative
action or otherwise, (1) to authorize the construction of water-resource
development projects or (2) to approve a report on the modification or
supplementation of plans for previously authorized projects, to which
sections 661 to 666c of this title apply. Recommendations of the
Secretary of the Interior shall be as specific as is practicable with
respect to features recommended for wildlife conservation and
development, lands to be utilized or acquired for such purposes, the
results expected, and shall describe the damage to wildlife attributable
to the project and the measures proposed for mitigating or compensating
for these damages. The reporting officers in project reports of the
Federal agencies shall give full consideration to the report and
recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior and to any report of
the State agency on the wildlife aspects of such projects, and the
project plan shall include such justifiable means and measures for
wildlife purposes as the reporting agency finds should be adopted to
obtain maximum overall project benefits.

(c) Modification of projects; acquisition of lands

Federal agencies authorized to construct or operate water-control
projects are authorized to modify or add to the structures and
operations of such projects, the construction of which has not been
substantially completed on the date of enactment of the Fish and
Wildlife Coordination Act, and to acquire lands in accordance with
section 663 of this title, in order to accommodate the means and
measures for such conservation of wildlife resources as an integral part
of such projects: Provided, That for projects authorized by a specific
Act of Congress before the date of enactment of the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act (1) such modification or land acquisition shall be
compatible with the purposes for which the project was authorized; (2)
the cost of such modifications or land acquisition, as means and
measures to prevent loss of and damage to wildlife resources to the
extent justifiable, shall be an integral part of the cost of such
projects; and (3) the cost of such modifications or land acquisition for
the development or improvement of wildlife resources may be included to
the extent justifiable, and an appropriate share of the cost of any
project may be allocated for this purpose with a finding as to the part
of such allocated cost, if any, to be reimbursed by non-Federal
interests.

(d) Project costs

The cost of planning for and the construction or installation and
maintenance of such means and measures adopted to carry out the
conservation purposes of this section shall constitute an integral part
of the cost of such projects: Provided, That such cost attributable to
the development and improvement of wildlife shall not extend beyond that
necessary for (1) land acquisition, (2) facilities as specifically
recommended in water resource project reports, (3) modification of the
project, and (4) modification of project operations, but shall not
include the operation of wildlife facilities.

(e) Transfer of funds

In the case of construction by a Federal agency, that agency is
authorized to transfer to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
out of appropriations or other funds made available for investigations,
engineering, or construction, such funds as may be necessary to conduct
all or part of the investigations required to carry out the purposes of
this section.

(f) Estimation of wildlife benefits or losses

In addition to other requirements, there shall be included in any
report submitted to Congress supporting a recommendation for
authorization of any new project for the control or use of water as
described herein (including any new division of such project or new
supplemental works on such project) an estimation of the wildlife
benefits or losses to be derived therefrom including benefits to be
derived from measures recommended specifically for the development and
improvement of wildlife resources, the cost of providing wildlife
benefits (including the cost of additional facilities to be installed or
lands to be acquired specifically for that particular phase of wildlife
conservation relating to the development and improvement of wildlife),
the part of the cost of joint-use facilities allocated to wildlife, and
the part of such costs, if any, to be reimbursed by non-Federal
interests.

(g) Applicability to projects

The provisions of this section shall be applicable with respect to
any project for the control or use of water as prescribed herein, or any
unit of such project authorized before or after the date of enactment of
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act for planning or construction, but
shall not be applicable to any project or unit thereof authorized before
the date of enactment of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act if the
construction of the particular project or unit thereof has been
substantially completed. A project or unit thereof shall be considered
to be substantially completed when sixty percent or more of the
estimated construction cost has been obligated for expenditure.

(h) Exempt projects and activities

The provisions of section 661 to 666c of this title shall not be
applicable to those projects for the impoundment of water where the
maximum surface area of such impoundments is less than ten acres, nor to
activities for or in connection with programs primarily for land
management and use carried out by Federal agencies with respect to
Federal lands under their jurisdiction.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 2, 48 Stat. 401; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Aug. 14,
1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 85-624, Sec. 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72
Stat. 564; Pub. L. 89-72, Sec. 6(b), July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 216.)

References in Text

The date of enactment of the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act,
referred to in subsecs. (c) and (g), probably refers to the date of
enactment of Pub. L. 85-624, Aug. 12, 1958. See, also, Short Title note
set out under section 661 of this title.


Amendments

1965--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 89-72 added cl. (2) to proviso,
redesignated cls. (2) and (3) thereof as (3) and (4), struck out ``nor
the construction of such facilities beyond those herein described''
after ``wildlife facilities'' and struck out a second proviso which
applied to projects constructed under Federal reclamation laws and
required the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to allocations made
under section 485h of Title 43, to make findings on part of estimated
cost of the project which can properly be allocated to means and
measures to prevent loss and damage to wildlife resources, which costs
shall not be reimbursable, and provided for allocation of project costs
to development and improvement of wildlife resources, now covered by
sections 460l-12 to 460l-21 of this title.
1958--Pub. L. 85-624 amended section generally to require
consultations with a view to the conservation of resources by providing
for the development and improvement thereof in connection with water-
resource development, to provide for inclusion of reports and
recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior and of the heads of
State agencies in reports prepared or submitted by agencies responsible
for engineering surveys and construction of projects when such reports
are presented to the Congress or to any agency or person having the
authority or the power to authorize the construction of water-resource
development projects or to approve a report on the modification or
supplementation of plans for previously authorized projects, to
authorize modification of projects and acquisition of lands, and to
require an estimation of benefits or losses to wildlife to be
incorporated in the reports submitted to the Congress.
1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for
consultations between any agencies and the Fish and Wildlife Service and
head of State agency exercising administration over State wildlife
resources prior to the impounding of water in order to prevent loss and
damage to wildlife resources. Former provisions of this section are
covered by section 665 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this
title.


Sec. 663. Impoundment or diversion of waters


(a) Conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife resources;
development and improvement

Subject to the exceptions prescribed in section 662(h) of this
title, whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are
impounded, diverted, the channel deepened, or the stream or other body
of water otherwise controlled or modified for any purpose whatever,
including navigation and drainage, by any department or agency of the
United States, adequate provision, consistent with the primary purposes
of such impoundment, diversion, or other control, shall be made for the
use thereof, together with any areas of land, water, or interests
therein, acquired or administered by a Federal agency in connection
therewith, for the conservation, maintenance, and management of wildlife
resources thereof, and its habitat thereon, including the development
and improvement of such wildlife resources pursuant to the provisions of
section 662 of this title.

(b) Use and availability of waters, land, or interests therein

The use of such waters, land, or interests therein for wildlife
conservation purposes shall be in accordance with general plans approved
jointly (1) by the head of the particular department or agency
exercising primary administration in each instance, (2) by the Secretary
of the Interior, and (3) by the head of the agency exercising the
administration of the wildlife resources of the particular State wherein
the waters and areas lie. Such waters and other interests shall be made
available, without cost for administration, by such State agency, if the
management of the properties relate to the conservation of wildlife
other than migratory birds, or by the Secretary of the Interior, for
administration in such manner as he may deem advisable, where the
particular properties have value in carrying out the national migratory
bird management program: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be
construed as affecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to
cooperate with the States or in making lands available to the States
with respect to the management of wildlife and wildlife habitat on lands
administered by him.

(c) Acquisition of land, waters, and interests therein; report to
Congress

When consistent with the purposes of sections 661 to 666c of this
title and the reports and findings of the Secretary of the Interior
prepared in accordance with section 662 of this title, land, waters, and
interests therein may be acquired by Federal construction agencies for
the wildlife conservation and development purposes of sections 661 to
666c of this title in connection with a project as reasonably needed to
preserve and assure for the public benefit the wildlife potentials of
the particular project area: Provided, That before properties are
acquired for this purpose, the probable extent of such acquisition shall
be set forth, along with other data necessary for project authorization,
in a report submitted to the Congress, or in the case of a project
previously authorized, no such properties shall be acquired unless
specifically authorized by Congress, if specific authority for such
acquisition is recommended by the construction agency.

(d) Use of acquired properties

Properties acquired for the purposes of this section shall continue
to be used for such purposes, and shall not become the subject of
exchange or other transactions if such exchange or other transaction
would defeat the initial purpose of their acquisition.

(e) Availability of Federal lands acquired or withdrawn for Federal
water-resource purposes

Federal lands acquired or withdrawn for Federal water-resource
purposes and made available to the States or to the Secretary of the
Interior for wildlife management purposes, shall be made available for
such purposes in accordance with sections 661 to 666c of this title,
notwithstanding other provisions of law.

(f) National forest lands

Any lands acquired pursuant to this section by any Federal agency
within the exterior boundaries of a national forest shall, upon
acquisition, be added to and become national forest lands, and shall be
administered as a part of the forest within which they are situated,
subject to all laws applicable to lands acquired under the provisions of
the Act of March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), unless such lands are acquired
to carry out the National Migratory Bird Management Program.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 3, 48 Stat. 401; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III,
Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946,
ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 85-624, Sec. 2, Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat.
566.)

References in Text

Act of March 1, 1911, referred to in text, is act Mar. 1, 1911, ch.
186, 36 Stat. 961, popularly known as the Weeks Law, which is classified
to sections 480, 500, 513 to 519, 521, 552, and 563 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 552 of this title and Tables.


Amendments

1958--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85-624 designated first sentence of
existing provisions as subsec. (a), and, among other changes, inserted
``Subject to the exceptions prescribed in section 662(h) of this title''
before ``whenever the waters'', substituted ``diverted, the channel
deepened, or the stream or other body of water otherwise controlled or
modified for any purpose whatever, including navigation and drainage''
for ``diverted, or otherwise controlled for any purpose whatever'', and
inserted provisions requiring adequate provision to be made for the
development and improvement of wildlife resources pursuant to the
provisions of section 662 of this title.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 85-624 designated second sentence of existing
provisions as subsec. (b), included the use of land for wildlife
conservation purpose, and provided that nothing in this section shall be
construed as effecting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to
cooperate with the States or in making lands available to the States
with respect to the management of wildlife and wildlife habitat on lands
administered by him.
Subsecs. (c) to (f). Pub. L. 85-624 added subsecs. (c) to (f).
1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for
conservation and maintenance of wildlife resources upon impounding of
waters, and to provide for free use of waters under certain conditions.

Transfer of Functions

See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this
title.


Sec. 664. Administration; rules and regulations; availability of
lands to State agencies

Such areas as are made available to the Secretary of the Interior
for the purposes of sections 661 to 666c of this title, pursuant to
sections 661 and 663 of this title or pursuant to any other
authorization, shall be administered by him directly or in accordance
with cooperative agreements entered into pursuant to the provisions of
section 661 of this title and in accordance with such rules and
regulations for the conservation, maintenance, and management of
wildlife, resources thereof, and its habitat thereon, as may be adopted
by the Secretary in accordance with general plans approved jointly by
the Secretary of the Interior and the head of the department or agency
exercising primary administration of such areas: Provided, That such
rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the laws for the
protection of fish and game of the States in which such area is
situated: Provided, further, That lands having value to the National
Migratory Bird Management Program may, pursuant to general plans, be
made available without cost directly to the State agency having control
over wildlife resources, if it is jointly determined by the Secretary of
the Interior and such State agency that this would be in the public
interest: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior shall
have the right to assume the management and administration of such lands
in behalf of the National Migratory Bird Management Program if the
Secretary finds that the State agency has withdrawn from or otherwise
relinquished such management and administration.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 4, 48 Stat. 402; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; 1940
Reorg. Plan No. III, Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat.
1232; Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 85-624, Sec. 2,
Aug. 12, 1958, 72 Stat. 567.)


Amendments

1958--Pub. L. 85-624 permitted lands having value to the National
Bird Management Program to be made available directly to the State
agency having control over wildlife resources.
1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for
administration of wildlife areas, and for the promulgation of rules and
regulations.

Transfer of Functions

See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this
title.


Sec. 665. Investigations as to effect of sewage, industrial
wastes; reports

The Secretary of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service
and the United States Bureau of Mines, is authorized to make such
investigations as he deems necessary to determine the effects of
domestic sewage, mine, petroleum, and industrial wastes, erosion silt,
and other polluting substances on wildlife, and to make reports to the
Congress concerning such investigations and of recommendations for
alleviating dangerous and undesirable effects of such pollution. These
investigations shall include (1) the determination of standards of water
quality for the maintenance of wildlife; (2) the study of methods of
abating and preventing pollution, including methods for the recovery of
useful or marketable products and byproducts of wastes; and (3) the
collation and distribution of data on the progress and results of such
investigations for the use of Federal, State, municipal, and private
agencies, individuals, organizations, or enterprises.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 402; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III,
Sec. 3, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2108, 54 Stat. 1232; Aug. 14, 1946,
ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080; Pub. L. 102-285, Sec. 10(b), May 18, 1992, 106
Stat. 172.)


Amendments

1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for
investigations as to the effect of sewage and industrial waste on
wildlife.

Change of Name

``United States Bureau of Mines'' substituted in text for ``Bureau
of Mines'' pursuant to section 10(b) of Pub. L. 102-285, set out as a
note under section 1 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. For
provisions relating to closure and transfer of functions of the United
States Bureau of Mines, see Transfer of Functions note set out under
section 1 of Title 30.

Transfer of Functions

See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 661 of this
title.


Sec. 665a. Maintenance of adequate water levels in upper
Mississippi River

In the management of existing facilities (including locks, dams, and
pools) in the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois, and
Minneapolis, Minnesota, administered by the United States Corps of
Engineers of the Department of the Army, that Department is directed to
give full consideration and recognition to the needs of fish and other
wildlife resources and their habitat dependent on such waters, without
increasing additional liability to the Government, and, to the maximum
extent possible without causing damage to levee and drainage districts,
adjacent railroads and highways, farm lands, and dam structures, shall
generally operate and maintain pool levels as though navigation was
carried on throughout the year.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 5A, as added June 19, 1948, ch. 528, 62
Stat. 497.)

Sec. 666. Authorization of appropriations

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 661 to 666c of
this title and regulations made pursuant thereto, including the
construction of such facilities, buildings, and other improvements
necessary for economical administration of areas made available to the
Secretary of the Interior under said sections, and the employment in the
city of Washington and elsewhere of such persons and means as the
Secretary of the Interior may deem necessary for such purposes.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 6, 48 Stat. 402; Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60
Stat. 1080.)


Amendments

1946--Act Aug. 14, 1946, amended section generally to provide for
the necessary appropriations to carry out the purposes of sections 661
to 666c of this title.

Sec. 666a. Penalties

Any person who shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated in
accordance with sections 661 to 666c of this title shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than
$500 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 7, as added Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60
Stat. 1080.)


Sec. 666b. Definitions

The terms ``wildlife'' and ``wildlife resources'' as used herein
include birds, fishes, mammals, and all other classes of wild animals
and all types of aquatic and land vegetation upon which wildlife is
dependent.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 8, as added Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60
Stat. 1080.)

References in Text

Herein, referred to in text, means act Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, 48
Stat. 401, which is classified generally to sections 661 to 666c of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 661 of this title and Tables.


Sec. 666c. Applicability to Tennessee Valley Authority

The provisions of sections 661 to 666c of this title shall not apply
to the Tennessee Valley Authority.

(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, Sec. 9, as added Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60
Stat. 1080.)