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Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§715i Administration

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION › § 715i

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior must manage lands, waters, or interests gotten under this subchapter under rules he makes, unless another law says otherwise. The goal is to protect migratory birds (under treaties with Mexico, Canada, Japan, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), other wildlife (including species listed in section 1533), and to restore habitat. The Secretary may manage timber, range, and agricultural crops; care for other animals (including fenced range animals) to keep, distribute, and use the resources; and make agreements with public or private agencies.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §715i

Conservation — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Areas of lands, waters, or interests therein acquired or reserved pursuant to this subchapter shall, unless otherwise provided by law, be administered by the Secretary of the Interior under rules and regulations prescribed by him to conserve and protect migratory birds in accordance with treaty obligations with Mexico, Canada, Japan, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and other species of wildlife found thereon, including species that are listed pursuant to section 1533 of this title as endangered species or threatened species, and to restore or develop adequate wildlife habitat.
(b)In administering such areas, the Secretary is authorized to manage timber, range, and agricultural crops; to manage other species of animals, including but not limited to fenced range animals, with the objectives of perpetuating, distributing, and utilizing the resources; and to enter into agreements with public and private agencies.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–616 provided for treaty obligations with Japan and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 1973—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93–205 substituted “listed pursuant to section 1533 of this title as endangered species or threatened species,” for “threatened with extinction,”. 1966—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 89–669 added subsecs. (a) and (b). Former paragraph prohibited acts on acquired areas and is now covered by section 668dd(c) and (d)(1) of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1973 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 93–205 effective Dec. 28, 1973, see section 16 of Pub. L. 93–205, set out as a note under section 1531 of this title.

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 715i

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73