Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§36 Disposition of Surplus Elk, Buffalo, Bear, Beaver, and Predatory Animals
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER V — YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK › § 36
Summary
Allows the Interior Secretary to give or sell surplus Yellowstone elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predators to federal, state, county, or city governments for parks or zoos. Money from any sold Yellowstone buffalo must be deposited in the U.S. Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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Title 16, §36
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under regulations to be prescribed by him, to give surplus elk, buffalo, bear, beaver, and predatory animals inhabiting Yellowstone National Park to Federal, State, county, and municipal authorities for preserves, zoos, zoological gardens, and parks. He may sell or otherwise dispose of the surplus buffalo of the Yellowstone National Park herd, and all moneys received from the sale of any such surplus buffalo shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 36
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102