Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§691c Acquisition of Areas for Cheyenne Bottoms Refuge; Title; Rights-of-way, Easements, and Reservations
Title 16 › Chapter 6— GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 691c
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can spend money and take steps to get clear title to lands bought under section 691, including buying options and paying for surveys, but no payment will be made until the Attorney General approves the title; the U.S. may still buy land with rights‑of‑way, easements, or reservations if the Secretary finds they won't interfere with use under section 691a.
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Title 16, §691c
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The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under section 691 of this title, including purchase of options when deemed necessary by the Secretary of the Interior, and expenses incident to the location, examination, and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no payment shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General. That the acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights-of-way, easements, and reservations which from their nature will in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purpose of section 691a of this title.
Legislative History
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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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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 691c
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60