§ 691. — Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC691]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 691. Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location;
acquisition of land
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase,
gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in what is
known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County, Kansas, or, in lieu of
purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of
submergence of his lands.
(June 12, 1930, ch. 469, Sec. 1, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II,
Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of
the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 671 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 691a, 691c, 691d of this
title.
