Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§667g–1 Requisition and use of grain for prevention of starvation of migratory birds; reimbursement for packaging and transporting
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 5A— - PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH › § 667g–1
Summary
If the Secretary of the Interior finds migratory birds are in danger of starving anywhere in the United States, the Secretary may obtain grain from the Commodity Credit Corporation that the Corporation got through price-support programs, in amounts they both agree on. The Secretary must pay the Corporation back for the costs of packing and moving that grain when it is used under sections 667g to 667g–2 of this title.
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Title 16, §667g–1
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Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migratory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of sections 667g to 667g–2 of this title.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 448 of Title 7, Agriculture, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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16 U.S.C. § 667g–1
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73