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16 USC Sec. 669g 01/05/99

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 5B - WILDLIFE RESTORATION

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Sec. 669g. Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of
wildlife areas and resources

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(a) Maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects established
under the provisions of this chapter shall be the duty of the
States in accordance with their respective laws. Beginning July 1,
1945, the term ''wildlife-restoration project'', as defined in
section 669a of this title, shall include maintenance of completed
projects. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter,
funds apportioned to a State under this chapter may be expended by
the State for management (exclusive of law enforcement and public
relations) of wildlife areas and resources.
(b) Each State may use the funds apportioned to it under section
669c(b) of this title to pay up to 75 per centum of the costs of a
hunter safety program and the construction, operation, and
maintenance of public target ranges, as a part of such program.
The non-Federal share of such costs may be derived from license
fees paid by hunters, but not from other Federal grant programs.
The Secretary shall issue not later than the 120th day after the
effective date of this subsection such regulations as he deems
advisable relative to the criteria for the establishment of hunter
safety programs and public target ranges under this subsection.
Funds available from the amount transferred to the Fund from the Conservation and Reinvestment Act Fund may be used for a wildlife conservation education program, except that no such funds may be used for education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or encourage opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.

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(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, Sec. 8, 50 Stat. 919; July 24, 1946, ch.
605, Sec. 2, 60 Stat. 656; Aug. 12, 1955, ch. 861, Sec. 2, 69 Stat.
698; Pub. L. 91-503, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat.
1100; Pub. L. 92-558, title I, Sec. 102(a), Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat.
1173.)

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REFERENCES IN TEXT
The effective date of this subsection, referred to in subsec.
(b), probably means Oct. 23, 1970, the date of approval of Pub. L.
91-503 which added subsec. (b).

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AMENDMENTS
1972 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 92-558 substituted ''public target
ranges'' for ''public outdoor target ranges'' in two places.
1970 - Pub. L. 91-503 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a), struck out the 25 percent limitation on the use of Federal
funds for wildlife restoration projects and the 30 percent
limitation on the use of Federal funds for the management of wild
life areas and resources, and added subsec. (b).
1955 - Act Aug. 12, 1955, permitted expenditure of funds for
management of wildlife areas and resource.
1946 - Act July 24, 1946, inserted proviso defining
''wildlife-restoration project''.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1972 AMENDMENT
Section 102(b) of Pub. L. 92-558 provided that: ''The amendments
made by subsection (a) of this section (amending this section)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act (Oct.
25, 1972).''

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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 669g-1 of this title.