Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§696b Authorization of Appropriations; Limitation
Title 16 › CHAPTER 6 — GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 696b
Summary
Money can be taken from the U.S. Treasury, if it hasn't already been set aside, in whatever amounts are needed to carry out sections 696–696b. The Secretary may not spend more than $2,035,000 of those appropriated funds to buy land or land rights for those purposes.
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Title 16, §696b
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such amounts as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of sections 696 to 696b of this title. The Secretary shall not utilize more than $2,035,000 from appropriated funds for the acquisition of land and interests in land for the purposes of sections 696 to 696b of this title.
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1966—Pub. L. 89–669 increased from $35,000 to $2,035,000 the limitation on funds for acquisition of land, provided for such acquisition “for the purposes of sections 696 to 696b of this title”, and struck out sentence which provided that exchange by the Secretary of lands and interests therein shall not be considered an expenditure from appropriated funds for acquisition of land.
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16 U.S.C. § 696b
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102