§ 695l. — Dedication of lands within boundaries of refuges to wildlife conservation; administration of lands for waterfowl management and optimum agricultural use; homestead entry prohibition; inclusion of other public lands; property of the United States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC695l]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
Sec. 695l. Dedication of lands within boundaries of refuges to
wildlife conservation; administration of lands for waterfowl
management and optimum agricultural use; homestead entry
prohibition; inclusion of other public lands; property of the
United States
Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, all lands owned by the
United States lying within the Executive order boundaries of the Tule
Lake National Wildlife Refuge, the Lower Klamath National Wildlife
Refuge, the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, and the Clear Lake
Wildlife Refuge are hereby dedicated to wildlife conservation. Such
lands shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior for the
major purpose of waterfowl management, but with full consideration to
optimum agricultural use that is consistent therewith. Such lands shall
not be opened to homestead entry. The following public lands shall also
be included within the boundaries of the area dedicated to wildlife
conservation, shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior for
the major purpose of waterfowl management, but with full consideration
to optimum agricultural use that is consistent therewith, and shall not
be opened to homestead entry: Hanks March, and first form withdrawal
lands (approximately one thousand four hundred and forty acres) in
Klamath County, Oregon, lying adjacent to Upper Klamath National
Wildlife Refuge; White Lake in Klamath County, Oregon, and Siskiyou
County, California; and thirteen tracts of land in Siskiyou County,
California, lettered as tracts ``A'', ``B'', ``C'', ``D'', ``E'', ``F'',
``G'', ``H'', ``I'', ``J'', ``K'', ``L'', and ``N'' totaling
approximately three thousand two hundred and ninety-two acres, and tract
``P'' in Modoc County, California, containing about ten acres, all as
shown on plate 4 of the report entitled ``Plan for Wildlife Use of
Federal Lands in the Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon-California,'' dated
April 1956, prepared by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. All
the above lands shall remain permanently the property of the United
States.
(Pub. L. 88-567, Sec. 2, Sept. 2, 1964, 78 Stat. 850.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 695n, 695r of this title.
