§ 694. — Fish and game sanctuaries in national forests; establishment by President.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC694]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 694. Fish and game sanctuaries in national forests;
establishment by President
For the purpose of providing breeding places for game birds, game
animals, and fish on lands and waters in the national forests not
chiefly suitable for agriculture, the President of the United States is
authorized, upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture and the
Secretary of Commerce and with the approval of the State legislatures of
the respective States in which said national forests are situated, to
establish by public proclamation certain specified and limited areas
within said forests as fish and game sanctuaries or refuges which shall
be devoted to the increase of game birds, game animals, and fish of all
kinds naturally adapted thereto, but it is not intended that the lands
included in such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall cease to be
parts of the national forests wherein they are located, and the
establishment of such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall not
prevent the Secretary of Agriculture from permitting other uses of the
national forests under and in conformity with the laws and the rules and
regulations applicable thereto so far as such uses may be consistent
with the purposes for which such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges
are authorized to be established.
(Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, Sec. 1, 48 Stat. 400.)
Transfer of Functions
Enforcement functions of Secretary or other official in Department
of Agriculture, insofar as they involve lands and programs under
jurisdiction of that Department, related to compliance with sections 694
to 694b of this title with respect to pre-construction, construction,
and initial operation of transportation system for Canadian and Alaskan
natural gas transferred to Federal Inspector, Office of Federal
Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, until first
anniversary of date of initial operation of Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System, see Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1979, Secs. 102(f),
203(a), 44 F.R. 33663, 33666, 93 Stat. 1373, 1376, effective July 1,
1979, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees. Office of Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System abolished and functions and authority vested in
Inspector transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 3012(b) of Pub.
L. 102-486, set out as an Abolition of Office of Federal Inspector note
under section 719e of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 694a, 694b of this title.
