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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection

§ 674a. Sullys Hill National Park; transfer of control; change of name to White Horse Hill National Game Preserve; boundaries; use by public; hunting

Statutory text

The Secretary of the Interior shall administer Sullys Hill National Park, together with all improvements thereon, in the State of North Dakota, as a big game preserve, refuge, and breeding grounds for wild animals and birds, which shall be known as the White Horse Hill National Game Preserve and shall embrace within its boundaries the lands described in the proclamation of , establishing Sullys Hill Park, together with all unsurveyed or public lands uncovered by the recession of the waters of Devils Lake in front of said reservation, the preserve to be bounded on the north and northwest by the waters of Devils Lake, and on the west and southwest by a stream which flows through lands uncovered by the recession of the waters of Devils Lake, approximately midway between lots 10 and 11, section 17; lots 1, 2, 6, and 8, section 16; and lot 2, section 9; lots 3, 4, and 5, section 16, township 152 north, range 65 west, fifth principal meridian, as meandered on the official plats of survey approved , and : Provided, That the said game preserve is to be made available to the public for recreational purposes insofar as consistent with the use of this area as a game preserve: Provided further, That hunting shall not be permitted on said game preserve.

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. Pub. L. 71–439 § 1 · 46 Stat. 538

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 674a

    Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 439, § 1, 46 Stat. 1509

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 439, § 1, 46 Stat. 1509

  2. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

    Pub. L. 116–94 div. P title IV § 402(a) · 133 Stat. 2534

    Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 674a

    Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “White Horse Hill National Game Preserve” for “Sullys Hill National Game Preserve” in text

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “White Horse Hill National Game Preserve” for “Sullys Hill National Game Preserve” in text.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants under the National Service Trust program shall meet an overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share requirement as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations.

1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2019—Pub. L. 116–94 substituted “White Horse Hill National Game Preserve” for “Sullys Hill National Game Preserve” in text.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title IV, § 402(c), , 133 Stat. 3191, provided that: “Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the Sullys Hill National Game Preserve shall be considered to be a reference to the ‘White Horse Hill National Game Preserve’.”

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.

Credits

1931–2019 · 3 acts
  1. 1931Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 439, § 1, 46 Stat. 1509
  2. 19391939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433
  3. 2019Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title IV, § 402(a), , 133 Stat. 3191.
Show as published

(Mar. 3, 1931, ch. 439, § 1, 46 Stat. 1509; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 116–94, div. P, title IV, § 402(a), , 133 Stat. 3191.)

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