Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§666e Administration of acquired lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 5A— - PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH › § 666e
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Land the Secretary acquires in or next to a wildlife refuge or reservation must immediately join it and be managed alike; other land may be managed for migratory‑waterfowl under Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080).
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Title 16, §666e
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Any lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior under the terms of this section and section 666d of this title, if located within or adjacent to an existing wildlife refuge or reservation, immediately shall become a part of such refuge or reservation and shall be administered under the laws and regulations applicable thereto, and, if not so located, may be administered as a migratory-waterfowl management area, refuge, reservation, or breeding ground in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080), and Acts supplementary thereto.
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The Act of August 14, 1946, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1946, ch. 965, 60 Stat. 1080, which amended act Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, by generally amending sections 1 to 6, which are classified to sections 661 to 665 and 666 of this title, and by adding sections 7 to 9, which are classified to sections 666a to 666c of this title. Subsequent acts added section 5A and 10 of act Mar. 10, 1934, which are classified to section 665a and 666c–1 of this title, respectively.
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16 U.S.C. § 666e
Title 16 — Conservation
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Apr 6, 2026
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