§ 669g. — Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC669g]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5B--WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 669g. Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management
of wildlife areas and resources
(a) Maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects established under
the provisions of this chapter shall be the duty of the States in
accordance with their respective laws. Beginning July 1, 1945, the term
``wildlife-restoration project'', as defined in section 669a of this
title, shall include maintenance of completed projects. Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this chapter, funds apportioned to a State under
this chapter may be expended by the State for management (exclusive of
law enforcement and public relations) of wildlife areas and resources.
Funds from the Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account may be used
for a wildlife conservation education program, except that no such funds
may be used for education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or
encourage opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.
(b) Each State may use the funds apportioned to it under section
669c(c) \1\ of this title to pay up to 75 per centum of the costs of a
hunter safety program and the construction, operation, and maintenance
of public target ranges, as a part of such program. The non-Federal
share of such costs may be derived from license fees paid by hunters,
but not from other Federal grant programs. The Secretary shall issue not
later than the 120th day after the effective date of this subsection
such regulations as he deems advisable relative to the criteria for the
establishment of hunter safety programs and public target ranges under
this subsection.
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\1\ Probably means section 669c(c) relating to apportionment of
certain taxes.
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(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, Sec. 8, 50 Stat. 919; July 24, 1946, ch. 605,
Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 656; Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 861, Sec. 2, 69 Stat. 698; Pub.
L. 91-503, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1100; Pub. L. 92-
558, title I, Sec. 102(a), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1173; Pub. L. 106-
408, title I, Sec. 111(c), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1766; Pub. L. 106-
553, Sec. 1(a)(2) [title IX, Sec. 902(g)], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat.
2762, 2762A-124.)
References in Text
The effective date of this subsection, referred to in subsec. (b),
probably means Oct. 23, 1970, the date of approval of Pub. L. 91-503
which added subsec. (b).
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-553 inserted at end ``Funds from the
Wildlife Conservation and Restoration Account may be used for a wildlife
conservation education program, except that no such funds may be used
for education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or encourage
opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-408 substituted ``section 669c(c) of this
title'' for ``section 669c(b) of this title'' in first sentence.
1972--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-558 substituted ``public target
ranges'' for ``public outdoor target ranges'' in two places.
1970--Pub. L. 91-503 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
struck out the 25 percent limitation on the use of Federal funds for
wildlife restoration projects and the 30 percent limitation on the use
of Federal funds for the management of wild life areas and resources,
and added subsec. (b).
1955--Act Aug. 12, 1955, permitted expenditure of funds for
management of wildlife areas and resource.
1946--Act July 24, 1946, inserted proviso defining ``wildlife-
restoration project''.
Effective Date of 1972 Amendment
Section 102(b) of Pub. L. 92-558 provided that: ``The amendments
made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section] shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 25, 1972].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 669c, 669g-1, 669h-1 of this
title.
