Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§690f Expenditures by Secretary of the Interior for Construction, Maintenance, Etc., of Bear River Refuge; Employment of Necessary Means to Execute Functions Imposed on Him
Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 690f
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior may use money to build, equip, maintain, repair, and improve sites; to pay for needed investigations; and to cover staff and office costs in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere. He may take whatever actions are needed to carry out the duties given to him by this section and by sections 690 to 690i, and as Congress allows from time to time.
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Title 16, §690f
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including necessary investigations, and expenditures for personal services and office expenses at the seat of government and elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this section or sections 690 to 690i of this title and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time.
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Transfer of Functions
Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.
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16 U.S.C. § 690f
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102