§ 669h-1. — Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program grants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC669h-1]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5B--WILDLIFE RESTORATION
Sec. 669h-1. Firearm and bow hunter education and safety program
grants
(a) In general
(1) Grants
Of the revenues covered into the fund, $7,500,000 for each of
fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and $8,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 and
each fiscal year thereafter, shall be apportioned among the States
in the manner specified in section 669c(c) \1\ of this title by the
Secretary of the Interior and used to make grants to the States to
be used for--
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\1\ Probably means section 669c(c) relating to apportionment of
certain taxes.
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(A) in the case of a State that has not used all of the
funds apportioned to the State under section 669c(c) \1\ of this
title for the fiscal year in the manner described in section
669g(b) of this title--
(i) the enhancement of hunter education programs, hunter
and sporting firearm safety programs, and hunter development
programs;
(ii) the enhancement of interstate coordination and
development of hunter education and shooting range programs;
(iii) the enhancement of bow hunter and archery
education, safety, and development programs; and
(iv) the enhancement of construction or development of
firearm shooting ranges and archery ranges, and the updating
of safety features of firearm shooting ranges and archery
ranges; and
(B) in the case of a State that has used all of the funds
apportioned to the State under section 669c(c) \1\ of this title
for the fiscal year in the manner described in section 669g(b)
of this title, any use authorized by this chapter (including
hunter safety programs and the construction, operation, and
maintenance of public target ranges).
(2) Limitation on use
Under paragraph (1), a State shall not be required to use more
than the amount described in section 669g(b) of this title for
hunter safety programs and the construction, operation, and
maintenance of public target ranges.
(b) Cost sharing
The Federal share of the cost of any activity carried out with a
grant under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of the total cost
of the activity.
(c) Period of availability; reapportionment
(1) Period of availability
Amounts made available and apportioned for grants under this
section shall remain available only for the fiscal year for which
the amounts are apportioned.
(2) Reapportionment
At the end of the period of availability under paragraph (1),
the Secretary of the Interior shall apportion amounts made available
that have not been used to make grants under this section among the
States described in subsection (a)(1)(B) of this section for use by
those States in accordance with this chapter.
(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, Sec. 10, as added Pub. L. 106-408, title I,
Sec. 112(2), Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1766.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 10 of act Sept. 2, 1937, was renumbered section 12
and is classified to section 669i of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 669c, 669h of this title.
