Public Law 90–404

That section 4(a) of the Act of October In, 1900 (80 Stat. 927; 16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “No acquired hinds which are or become a part of the System may be transferred or otherwise disposed of under any provision of Jaw (except. by exchange pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of this section) unless (1) the Secretary of the Interior determines after consultation with the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission that such lands are no longer needed for the purposes for which the System was established, and (2) such lands are transferred or otherwise disposed of for an amount not less than (A) the acquisition costs of such lands, in the case of lands of the System which were purchased by the United States with funds from the migratory bird conservation fund, or (B) the fair market value of such lands (as determined by the Secretary as of the date of the transfer or disposal), in the case of hinds of the System which were donated to the System. The Secretary, shall pay into the migratory bird conservation fund the aggregate amount of the, proceeds of any transfer or disposal referred to in the preceding sentence”.

Sec. 2.

The amendments made by the first section of this Act shall apply only with respect to transfers and disposals of land initiated and completed after the date of their enactment.