§ 664. — Administration; rules and regulations; availability of lands to State agencies.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC664]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5A--PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER I--GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH
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Secretary finds that the State agency has withdrawn from or otherwise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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 668ee, 696 of this title.
