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Title 16 — Conservation

Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection

§ 698e. Authorization of appropriations for Big Thicket Preserve

Statutory text

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 698 to 698e of this title, but not to exceed $63,812,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not to exceed $7,000,000 for development. Effective , there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the acquisition of the visitor contact and administrative site referred to in subsection (c) of section 698 of this title. Effective upon , there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of section 698 of this title.

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. 93–439 § 6 · 88 Stat. 1254

    Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 698e

    Pub. L. 93–439, § 6, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1257

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–439, § 6, Oct. 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1257

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 6. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 16 USC 1131 note. Appropriation. 16 USC 698e. be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, but not to exceed $63,812,000 for the acquisition of lauds and interests in lands and not to exceed $7,000,000 for development.

  2. Pub. L. 98–489 § 1(b) · 98 Stat. 2267

    Changed · 16 U.S.C. § 698e

    Pub. L. 98–489 authorized appropriations for acquisition of a visitor contact and administrative site

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 98–489 authorized appropriations for acquisition of a visitor contact and administrative site.

  3. Pub. L. 103–46 § 2(d) · 107 Stat. 229

    Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 698e

    Pub. L. 103–46 inserted at end “Effective upon July 1, 1993, there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of section 698 of this title.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–46 inserted at end “Effective upon July 1, 1993, there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of section 698 of this title.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.— Section 6 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Effective upon date of enactment of this sentence, there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of the first section.”.

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1984–1993 · 2 rounds

1993

Pub. L. 103–46 inserted at end “Effective upon , there is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of section 698 of this title.”

1984

Pub. L. 98–489 authorized appropriations for acquisition of a visitor contact and administrative site.

Credits

1974–1993 · 3 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 93–439, § 6, , 88 Stat. 1257
  2. 1984Pub. L. 98–489, § 1(b), , 98 Stat. 2267
  3. 1993Pub. L. 103–46, § 2(d), , 107 Stat. 231.
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(Pub. L. 93–439, § 6, , 88 Stat. 1257; Pub. L. 98–489, § 1(b), , 98 Stat. 2267; Pub. L. 103–46, § 2(d), , 107 Stat. 231.)

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