Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§667g–1 Requisition and Use of Grain for Prevention of Starvation of Migratory Birds; Reimbursement for Packaging and Transporting
Title 16 › Chapter 5A— PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE › Subchapter I— GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH › § 667g–1
Summary
If the Interior Secretary finds migratory birds are starving anywhere in the U.S., the Secretary may take grain from the Commodity Credit Corporation that came from price‑support programs. The Secretary must repay the Corporation for packing and moving it.
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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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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 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60