Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§715f Consent of State to Conveyance in Fee
Title 16 › CHAPTER 7 — PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › SUBCHAPTER III — MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION › § 715f
Summary
The U.S. Secretary of the Interior must not accept a deed that gives the United States full ownership of land in a state. The state must first pass a law saying it agrees that the United States can take ownership of land there.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §715f
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No deed or instrument of conveyance in fee shall be accepted by the Secretary of the Interior under this subchapter unless the State in which the area lies shall have consented by law to the acquisition by the United States of lands in that State.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1994—Pub. L. 103–434 inserted “in fee” after “conveyance”.
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
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 715f
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102