Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§715d Purchase or rental of approved areas or interests therein; gifts and devises; United States lands
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION › § 715d
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Title 16, §715d
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The Secretary of the Interior may—
(1)purchase or rent such areas or interests therein as have been approved for purchase or rental by the Commission at the price or prices fixed by the Commission; and
(2)acquire, by gift or devise, any area or interests therein;
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1978—Pub. L. 95–616 incorporated existing provisions in pars. (1) and (2) and cls. (A) and (B), made provisions applicable to interests in approved areas, and inserted authority for purchase or acquisition for other management purposes.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see
Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 715a of this title.
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16 U.S.C. § 715d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73