§ 667b. — Transfer of certain real property for wildlife conservation purposes; reservation of rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC667b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5A--PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER I--GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH
Sec. 667b. Transfer of certain real property for wildlife
conservation purposes; reservation of rights
Upon request, real property which is under the jurisdiction or
control of a Federal agency and no longer required by such agency, (1)
can be utilized for wildlife conservation purposes by the agency of the
State exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State
wherein the real property lies or by the Secretary of the Interior; and
(2) is valuable for use for any such purpose, and which, in the
determination of the Administrator of General Services, is available for
such use may, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, be
transferred without reimbursement or transfer of funds (with or without
improvements as determined by said Administrator) by the Federal agency
having jurisdiction or control of the property to (a) such State agency
if the management thereof for the conservation of wildlife relates to
other than migratory birds, or (b) to the Secretary of the Interior if
the real property has particular value in carrying out the national
migratory bird management program. Any such transfer to other than the
United States shall be subject to the reservation by the United States
of all oil, gas, and mineral rights, and to the condition that the
property shall continue to be used for wildlife conservation or other of
the above-stated purposes and in the event it is no longer used for such
purposes or in the event it is needed for national defense purposes
title thereto shall revert to the United States.
(May 19, 1948, ch. 310, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 240; June 30, 1949, ch. 288,
title I, Sec. 105, 63 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 92-432, Sept. 26, 1972, 86
Stat. 723.)
Amendments
1972--Cl. (2). Pub. L. 92-432 struck out ``chiefly'' before
``valuable for use''.
Transfer of Functions
Functions, records, property, etc., of War Assets Administration
transferred to General Services Administration, functions of War Assets
Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services, and War
Assets Administration and office of War Assets Administrator abolished
by section 105 of act June 30, 1949. Transfer of functions effective
July 1, 1949, see section 605, formerly Sec. 505, of act June 30, 1949,
ch. 288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849,
Sec. 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 667c, 667d of this title.
