§ 722. — Acquisition of lands and water.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC722]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 8--UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE AND FISH REFUGE
Sec. 722. Acquisition of lands and water
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase,
gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water, situated
between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on either side of
or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are not used for
agricultural purposes, as he determines suitable for the purposes of
this chapter, and any such area when acquired shall become a part of the
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (referred to
in this chapter as the ``refuge'').
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, Secs. 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650; June 18, 1934, ch.
602, 48 Stat. 1015; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, Sec. 4(f), eff. July 1,
1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 105-312, title II,
Sec. 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)
Codification
Section is a combination provision, the latter portion beginning
with the words ``and any such area,'' being from section 3, and the
remainder of the section from section 2 of act June 7, 1924.
Amendments
1998--Pub. L. 105-312, which directed the amendment of section 2 of
the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act by
substituting ``National Wildlife'' for ``Wild Life'', was executed to
the part of this section based on section 3 of the act, to reflect the
probable intent of Congress. See Codification note above.
1934--Act June 18, 1934, struck out ``which are subject to overflow
by such river'' after ``Mississippi River''.
Transfer of Functions
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of
Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and
migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
Land Conveyance, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish
Refuge
Pub. L. 105-312, title II, Sec. 202(a), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat.
2957, provided that: ``In accordance with section 4(a)(5) of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd(a)(5)), there are transferred to the Corps of Engineers, without
reimbursement, approximately 37.36 acres of land of the Upper
Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in the State of Minnesota, as
designated on the map entitled `Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and
Fish Refuge lands transferred to Corps of Engineers', dated January
1998, and available, with accompanying legal descriptions of the land,
for inspection in appropriate offices of the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service.''
Additional Lands
Act June 13, 1944, ch. 243, 58 Stat. 274, provided for the
acquisition of certain tracts of land situated in Wabasha County,
Minnesota.
