§ 669d. — Apportionment; certification to States and Secretary of the Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of funds not accepted.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC669d]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5B--WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 669d. Apportionment; certification to States and Secretary
of the Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of funds not
accepted
For each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Interior shall certify,
at the time at which a deduction or apportionment is made, to the
Secretary of the Treasury and to each State fish and game department the
sum which he has estimated to be deducted for administering this chapter
and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.] and the
sum which he has apportioned to each State. Any State desiring to avail
itself of the benefits of this chapter shall notify the Secretary of the
Interior to this effect within sixty days after it has received the
certification referred to in this section. The sum apportioned to any
State which fails to notify the Secretary of the Interior as herein
provided is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the
Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of the
Migratory Bird Conservation Act.
(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, Sec. 5, 50 Stat. 918; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 91-
503, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1098; Pub. L. 106-408,
title I, Sec. 114, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1769.)
References in Text
The Migratory Bird Conservation Act, referred to in text, is act
Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, 45 Stat. 1222, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter III (Sec. 715 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section
715 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
2000--Pub. L. 106-408 in first sentence inserted ``, at the time at
which a deduction or apportionment is made,'' after ``certify'' and
struck out ``and executing'' after ``for administering''.
1970--Pub. L. 91-503 struck out requirement that apportionments be
made by February 20 of each year preceding commencement of fiscal year
in which funds would be used.
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.
