Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§715q Expenses of Commission; Authorization of Appropriations
Title 16 › CHAPTER 7 — PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS › SUBCHAPTER III — MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION › § 715q
Summary
Allows money from the Treasury (only funds not already set aside) to pay the commission's necessary expenses, up to $7,500 per year. Payments must be made after the commission chair checks and orders them, and that chair's check is final and must be accepted by the Government Accountability Office as proof the commission's accounts are correct.
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Title 16, §715q
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A sum sufficient to pay the necessary expenses of the commission and its members, not to exceed an annual expenditure of $7,500, is authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Said appropriation shall be paid out on the audit and order of the chairman of said commission, which audit and order shall be conclusive and binding upon the Government Accountability Office as to the correctness of the accounts of said commission.
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Amendments
2004—Pub. L. 108–271 substituted “Government Accountability Office” for “General Accounting Office”. 1962—Pub. L. 87–812 increased annual expenditures from not more than $5,000 to not more than $7,500 and corrected a misspelling of “commission”.
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16 U.S.C. § 715q
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102