§ 777k. — Payments of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC777k]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 10B--FISH RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
Sec. 777k. Payments of funds to and cooperation with Puerto
Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa,
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the
Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Mayor of the District of
Columbia, the Governor of Guam, the Governor of American Samoa, the
Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the
Governor of the Virgin Islands, in the conduct of fish restoration and
management projects, as defined in section 777a of this title, upon such
terms and conditions as he shall deem fair, just, and equitable, and is
authorized to apportion to Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam,
American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
the Virgin Islands, out of money available for apportionment under this
chapter, such sums as he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico
1 per centum, for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum,
for Guam one-third of 1 per centum, for American Samoa one-third of 1
per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-
third of 1 per centum, and for the Virgin Islands one-third of 1 per
centum of the total amount apportioned in any one year, but the
Secretary shall in no event require any of said cooperating agencies to
pay an amount which will exceed 25 per centum of the cost of any
project. Any unexpected or unobligated balance of any apportionment made
pursuant to this section shall be made available for expenditure in
Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, as the case may be, in
the succeeding year, on any approved projects, and if unexpended or
unobligated at the end of such year is authorized to be made available
for expenditure by the Secretary of the Interior in carrying on the
research program of the Fish and Wildlife Service in respect to fish of
material value for sport or recreation.
(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 658, Sec. 12, 64 Stat. 434; July 2, 1956, ch. 489,
Sec. 4, 70 Stat. 473; Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 852, Sec. 8, 70 Stat. 908; Pub.
L. 86-70, Sec. 16, June 25, 1959, 73 Stat. 143; Pub. L. 91-503, title
II, Sec. 203, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1103; Pub. L. 96-597, title III,
Sec. 302(a), Dec. 24, 1980, 94 Stat. 3477; Pub. L. 98-369, div. A, title
X, Sec. 1014(a)(7), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1016.)
Amendments
1984--Pub. L. 98-369 inserted ``the Mayor of the District of
Columbia,'' after ``the Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico,'',
``for the District of Columbia one-third of 1 per centum,'' after ``for
Puerto Rico 1 per centum,'' and ``the District of Columbia,'' after
``Puerto Rico,'' in two places.
1980--Pub. L. 96-597 inserted references to the Governor and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
1970--Pub. L. 91-503 substituted ``Secretary of Agriculture of
Puerto Rico'' for ``Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Puerto
Rico'', added American Samoa to the list of recipients, and substituted
maximum limits of apportionment of one percent for Puerto Rico, one-
third of one percent for Guam, one-third of one percent for American
Samoa and one-third of one percent for Virgin Islands for maximum limit
of $10,000 for Puerto Rico, Guam and Virgin Islands together.
1959--Pub. L. 86-70 struck out provisions which authorized
cooperation with the Alaska Game Commission and permitted apportionment
of not more than $75,000 in any one year to the Territory of Alaska.
1956--Act Aug. 1, 1956, inserted ``the Governor of Guam'' after
``Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce of Puerto Rico,'' and
``Guam'' after ``Puerto Rico'' in three remaining places those words
appear.
Act July 2, 1956, struck out provisions which authorized the
Secretary to cooperate with the Division of Game and Fish of the Board
of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry of Hawaii, struck out
limitation of $25,000 on the amount of funds which could be apportioned
to Hawaii in any one year, and substituted ``Territory of Alaska'' for
``Territories'' in two places.
Effective Date of 1984 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 98-369 effective Oct. 1, 1984, and applicable
with respect to fiscal years beginning after Sept. 30, 1984, see section
1014(b) of Pub. L. 98-369, set out as a note under section 777 of this
title.
Effective Date of 1956 Amendment
Amendment by act July 2, 1956, as applicable only with respect to
fiscal years beginning after July 2, 1956, see section 5 of act July 2,
1956, set out as a note under section 669a of this title.
Transfer of Functions
Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the
Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. Oct. 3, 1970, 35 F.R. 15627,
84 Stat. 2090, see note set out under section 777 of this title.
