[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC669e]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5B--WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 669e. Submission and approval of plans and projects
(a) Setting aside funds
Any State desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter
shall, by its State fish and game department, submit programs or
projects for wildlife restoration in either of the following two ways:
(1) The State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the
Interior a comprehensive fish and wildlife resource management plan
which shall insure the perpetuation of these resources for the economic,
scientific, and recreational enrichment of the people. Such plan shall
be for a period of not less than five years and be based on projections
of desires and needs of the people for a period of not less than fifteen
years. It shall include provisions for updating at intervals of not more
than three years and be provided in a format as may be required by the
Secretary of the Interior. If the Secretary of the Interior finds that
such plans conform to standards established by him and approves such
plans, he may finance up to 75 per centum of the cost of implementing
segments of those plans meeting the purposes of this chapter from funds
apportioned under this chapter upon his approval of an annual agreement
submitted to him.
(2) A State may elect to avail itself of the benefits of this
chapter by its State fish and game department submitting to the
Secretary of the Interior full and detailed statements of any wildlife-
restoration project proposed for that State. If the Secretary of the
Interior finds that such project meets with the standards set by him and
approves said project, the State fish and game department shall furnish
to him such surveys, plans, specifications, and estimates therefor as he
may require. If the Secretary of the Interior approves the plans,
specifications, and estimates for the project, he shall notify the State
fish and game department and immediately set aside so much of said fund
as represents the share of the United States payable under this chapter
on account of such project, which sum so set aside shall not exceed 75
per centum of the total estimated cost thereof.
The Secretar
