§ 715a. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; creation; composition; duties; approval of areas of land and water recommended for purchase or rental

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. 1929

   Migratory Bird Conservation Act

   Pub. L. 70–257 § 2 · 45 Stat. 1222

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 715a

   Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 2, 45 Stat. 1222

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 2, 45 Stat. 1222

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2. Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, created. That a commission to be known as the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of Agriculture, as chairman, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of the Composition and authority. Interior, and two Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two Members of the House of Representatives to be selected by the Speaker, is hereby created and authorized to consider and pass upon any area of land, water, or land and water that may be recommended by the Secretary of Agriculture for purchase or rental under this Act, and to fix the price or prices at which such area may be purchased or rented; and no purchase or rental shall be made of any such area until it has been duly approved for purchase or rental by said commission. Any Member of the House of Representatives who is a member of the commission, if reelected to the succeeding Congress, may serve on the commission notwithstanding the expiration of a Congress. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The ranking officer Ex officio members from the States. of the branch or department of a State to which is committed the administration of its game laws, or his authorized representative, and in a State having no such branch or department, the governor thereof, or his authorized representative, shall be a member ex officio of said commission for the purpose of considering and voting on all questions relating to the acquisition, under this Act, of areas in his State.

2. 1968

   Pub. L. 90–261 · 82 Stat. 39

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 715a

   Pub. L. 90–261 substituted the Secretary of Transportation for the Secretary of Commerce in the membership of the Commission

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 90–261 substituted the Secretary of Transportation for the Secretary of Commerce in the membership of the Commission.

3. 1976

   Wetlands Loan Extension Act of 1976

   Pub. L. 94–215 § 4 · 90 Stat. 189

   Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 715a

   Pub. L. 94–215 inserted provision including in the purchase or rental of any area of land, water, or land and water the purchase or rental of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 94–215 inserted provision including in the purchase or rental of any area of land, water, or land and water the purchase or rental of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “For purposes of this Act, the purchase or rental of any area of land, water, or land and water includes the purchase or rental of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water.”.

4. 1989

   North American Wetlands Conservation Act

   Pub. L. 101–233 § 13 · 103 Stat. 1968

   Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 715a

   Pub. L. 101–233 substituted “Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency” for “Secretary of Transportation”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 101–233 substituted “Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 13. ADDITION OF EPA ADMINISTRATOR TO MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION COMMISSION. Section 2 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 715a) 16 USC 4412. is amended by striking “the Secretary of Transportation,” and inserting in lieu thereof “the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,”.

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