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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§715d Purchase or Rental of Approved Areas or Interests Therein; Gifts and Devises; United States Lands

Title 16 › CHAPTER 7 — PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › SUBCHAPTER III — MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION › § 715d

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of the Interior can buy or rent land or interests in land that the Commission approves, at the prices the Commission sets, and can accept gifts or bequests of land. The land must be suitable as a protected sanctuary or for other management of migratory birds. The Secretary can use funds authorized under this subchapter to pay the purchase or rental costs and the costs of locating, surveying, and getting clear title (including options). U.S. lands used for military purposes are not covered by these rules.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §715d

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The Secretary of the Interior may—
(1)purchase or rent such areas or interests therein as have been approved for purchase or rental by the Commission at the price or prices fixed by the Commission; and
(2)acquire, by gift or devise, any area or interests therein;
which he determines to be suitable for use as an inviolate sanctuary, or for any other management purpose, for migratory birds. The Secretary may pay, when deemed necessary by him and from moneys authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of this subchapter (A) the purchase or rental price of any such area or interest therein, and (B) the expenses incident to the location, examination, survey, and acquisition of title (including options) of any such area or interest therein. No lands acquired, held, or used by the United States for military purposes shall be subject to any provisions of this subchapter.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–616 incorporated existing provisions in pars. (1) and (2) and cls. (A) and (B), made provisions applicable to interests in approved areas, and inserted authority for purchase or acquisition for other management purposes.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see

Transfer of Functions

note set out under section 715a of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

16 U.S.C. § 715d

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110