§ 666g. Classification of lands; industrial leases; moneys subject to section 715s of this title; administration; jurisdiction of Federal agencies

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1947

   Pub. L. 80–489 § 2 · 61 Stat. 770

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 666g

   Aug. 5, 1947, ch. 489, § 2, 61 Stat. 770

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 5, 1947, ch. 489, § 2, 61 Stat. 770

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. All of the lands transferred to the Secretary of the Interior, Classification of lands. pursuant to the provisions of this Act, first shall he classified by him with a view to determining, in cooperation with Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations, the most beneficial use that may be made thereof to carry out the purposes of this Act, including the development of wildlife conservation, agricultural, recreational, Lease of lands for industrial purposes. 58 Stat. 766. 50 U. S. C. app. § 1611. 60 Stat. 1080. 16 U. S. C. §§ 661–666c. Lands utilized by War Department. Administration of lands by Secretary of the Interior, etc. industrial, and related purposes. Such lands as have been or may hereafter be determined to be chiefly valuable for industrial purposes shall be leased for such purposes at such times and under such terms and conditions as are consistent with the general purposes of section 2 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and with the purposes of this Act, Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Act, all lands herein transferred shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance with the provisions of the Act of August 14, 1946 (Public Law 732, Seventy-ninth Confess), and Acts supplementary thereto and amendatory thereof for the conservation of wildlife, and for the development of the agricultural, recreational, industrial, and related purposes specified in this Act: Provided, That no jurisdiction shall be exercised by the Secretary of the Interior over that portion of such lands and the improvements thereon which are now utilized by the War Department directly or indirectly until such time as it is determined by the Secretary of War that utilization of such portions of such lands and the improvements thereon directly or indirectly by the War Department is no longer required: Provided further, That, subsequent to the determination referred to in the preceding proviso, the lands and improvements mentioned therein shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior, and any lease or other disposition thereof shall be made subject to such terms, conditions, restrictions, and reservations imposed by the Secretary of War as will, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, be adequate to assure the continued availability for war production purposes of such lands and improvements.

2. 1978

   Fish and Wildlife Improvement Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–616 § 8 · 92 Stat. 3110

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 666g

   Pub. L. 95–616 substituted in second sentence “terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe” for “terms and conditions as are consistent with the general purposes of section 2 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and with the purposes of section 666f of this title and this section” and made moneys received or collected in connection with the leases to be subject to section 715s of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 95–616 substituted in second sentence “terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe” for “terms and conditions as are consistent with the general purposes of section 2 of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and with the purposes of section 666f of this title and this section” and made moneys received or collected in connection with the leases to be subject to section 715s of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 8. CRAB ORCHARD NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. The second sentence of section 2 of the Act of August 5, 1947 (61 Stat. 770; 16 U.S.C. 666g), is amended to read as follows: “Such lands as have been or may hereafter be determined to be chiefly valuable for industrial purposes shall be leased for such purposes at such time and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe. All moneys received or collected in connection with such leases shall be subject to the provisions of the Act of June 15, 1935, as amended (49Stat. 383; 16U.S.C. 715s).”.

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