Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 8 — Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
§ 722. Acquisition of lands and water
Statutory text
The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water, situated between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are not used for agricultural purposes, as he determines suitable for the purposes of this chapter, and any such area when acquired shall become a part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (referred to in this chapter as the “refuge”).
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.
The Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act
Pub. L. 68–346 · 43 Stat. 650
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 722
June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1998
Pub. L. 105–312 title II § 202(b) · 112 Stat. 2956
Substituted · 16 U.S.C. § 722
Pub. L. 105–312, which directed the amendment of section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act by substituting “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”, was executed to the part of this section based on section 3 of the act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See Codification note above
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 105–312, which directed the amendment of section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act by substituting “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”, was executed to the part of this section based on section 3 of the act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See Codification note above.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) Conforming Amendments.— The first section and section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act (16 U.S.C. 721, 722) are amended by striking “Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge” each place it appears and inserting “Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge”.
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section is a combination provision, the latter portion beginning with the words “and any such area,” being from section 3, and the remainder of the section from section 2 of act .
Amendments1934–1998 · 2 rounds
1998
Pub. L. 105–312, which directed the amendment of section 2 of the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge Act by substituting “National Wildlife” for “Wild Life”, was executed to the part of this section based on section 3 of the act, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See Codification note above.
1934
Act , struck out “which are subject to overflow by such river” after “Mississippi River”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Land Conveyance, Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(a), , 112 Stat. 2957, provided that: “In accordance with section 4(a)(5) of the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(5)), there are transferred to the Corps of Engineers, without reimbursement, approximately 37.36 acres of land of the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge in the State of Minnesota, as designated on the map entitled ‘Upper Mississippi National Wildlife and Fish Refuge lands transferred to Corps of Engineers’, dated January 1998, and available, with accompanying legal descriptions of the land, for inspection in appropriate offices of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.”
Additional Lands
Act June 13, 1944, ch. 243, 58 Stat. 274, provided for the acquisition of certain tracts of land situated in Wabasha County, Minnesota.
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
1924–1998 · 4 acts
- 1924June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650
- 1934June 18, 1934, ch. 602, 48 Stat. 1015
- 19391939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433
- 1998Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), , 112 Stat. 2957.
Show as published
(June 7, 1924, ch. 346, §§ 2, 3, 43 Stat. 650; June 18, 1934, ch. 602, 48 Stat. 1015; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. , 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), , 112 Stat. 2957.)