Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§695 Migratory waterfowl and other wildlife refuge in California; participation by State of California

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 6— - GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 695

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Interior Secretary may buy or rent up to 20,000 acres in California of land interests to manage migratory waterfowl and other wildlife, using money Congress provides. Federal money for buying land can't be used until California sets aside funds for equivalent acreage the Secretary requires.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §695

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase or rent not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land or interests therein in suitable locations in the State of California, for the management and control of migratory waterfowl and other wildlife in connection therewith, from moneys to be appropriated by Congress from time to time: Provided, That no sums appropriated under this authority for the acquisition of lands shall be expended for such purpose unless and until the State of California shall have set aside and made available for expenditure funds for the purchase of equivalent acreages as determined by the Secretary of the Interior.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 695

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73