Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 5A — Protection and Conservation of Wildlife
§ 667b. Transfer of certain real property for wildlife conservation purposes; reservation of rights
Statutory text
Upon request, real property which is under the jurisdiction or control of a Federal agency and no longer required by such agency, (1) can be utilized for wildlife conservation purposes by the agency of the State exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State wherein the real property lies or by the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) is valuable for use for any such purpose, and which, in the determination of the Administrator of General Services, is available for such use may, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, be transferred without reimbursement or transfer of funds (with or without improvements as determined by said Administrator) by the Federal agency having jurisdiction or control of the property to (a) such State agency if the management thereof for the conservation of wildlife relates to other than migratory birds, or (b) to the Secretary of the Interior if the real property has particular value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program. Any such transfer to other than the United States shall be subject to the reservation by the United States of all oil, gas, and mineral rights, and to the condition that the property shall continue to be used for wildlife conservation or other of the above-stated purposes and in the event it is no longer used for such purposes or in the event it is needed for national defense purposes title thereto shall revert to the United States.
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.
Pub. L. 80–310 § 1 · 62 Stat. 240
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 667b
May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 1, 62 Stat. 240
Source evidence
Code source credit
May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 1, 62 Stat. 240Pub. L. 92–432 · 86 Stat. 723
Struck · 16 U.S.C. § 667b
Pub. L. 92–432 struck out “chiefly” before “valuable for use”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Cl. (2). Pub. L. 92–432 struck out “chiefly” before “valuable for use”.
0 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 2 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1972—Cl. (2). Pub. L. 92–432 struck out “chiefly” before “valuable for use”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Functions, records, property, etc., of War Assets Administration transferred to General Services Administration, functions of War Assets Administrator transferred to Administrator of General Services, and War Assets Administration and office of War Assets Administrator abolished by section 105 of act . Transfer of functions effective , see section 605, formerly § 505, of act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 403; renumbered by act Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583.
Credits
1948–1972 · 3 acts
- 1948May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 1, 62 Stat. 240
- 1949June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 105, 63 Stat. 381
- 1972Pub. L. 92–432, , 86 Stat. 723.
Show as published
(May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 1, 62 Stat. 240; June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title I, § 105, 63 Stat. 381; Pub. L. 92–432, , 86 Stat. 723.)