ch. 413, § 3, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 690a, 690d, 690f of this title.

§ 690c. Same; existence of easements, reservations, or exceptions as barring acquisition of lands.

The existence of a right-of-way easement or other reservation or exception in respect of such area shall not be a bar to its acquisition (1) if the Secretary of the Interior determines that any such reservation or exception will in no manner interfere with the use of the area for the purposes of sections 690 and 690a of this title, or (2) if in the deed or other conveyance it is stipulated that any reservation or exception in respect of such area, in favor of the person from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject to regulations prescribed under authority of sections 690d and 690f of this title. (Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 4, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 690a, 690d, 690f, 690h of this title.

§ 690d. Same; injuries to property; disturbance of birds, etc.; violation of regulations for use of refuge.

No person shall take, injure, or disturb any bird, or nest or egg thereof, or injure or destroy any notice, signboard, fence, dike, ditch, dam, spillway, improvement, or other property of the United States on any area acquired or received under sections 690 to 690c of this title, or remove therefrom or cut, burn, injure, or destroy any grass or other natural growth thereon, or enter, use, or occupy the refuge for any purpose, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided. That at no time shall less than 60 per centum of the total acreage of the said refuge be maintained as an inviolate sanctuary for such migratory birds. (Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 5, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg Plan No. II. § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 690e, 690e, 6901. Ang Nawf this title.

$600e. Same: enforcement of laws and regulations; warrants and processes; jurisdiction of courts: forfeiture of property captured, injured, killed or removed.

(a) Any employee of the Department of the Inte rior authorized by the Secretary of the Interior to

enforce the provisions of section 690d of this title (1) shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any person committing in the presence of such employee a violation of section 690d of this title or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, and to take such person immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction, and (2) shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of said section or regulations made pursuant thereto. Any judge of a court established under the laws of the United States, or any United States commissioner may, within his respective jurisdiction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases.

(b) All birds or animals, or parts thereof, captured, injured, or killed, and all grass and other natural growths, and nests and eggs of birds removed contrary to the provisions of section 690d of this title or any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall, when found by such employee or by any marshal or deputy marshal, be summarily seized by him, and upon conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same were captured, killed, taken, or removed contrary to the provisions of said section or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the court having jurisdiction. (Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 6, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 690f, 690g, 690h of this title.

§ 690f. Same; expenditures by Secretary of the Interior for construction, maintenance, etc.; employ ment of necessary means to execute functions imposed on him.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including necessary investigations, and expenditures for personal services and office expenses at the seat of government and elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this section or sections 690 to 690e of this title and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time. (Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 7, 45 Stat. 449: 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939. 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 690c, 690g of this title.

§ 690g. Same: violation of laws and regulations; penalties.

Any person who shall violate or fail to comply

with any provision of, or any regulation made pursuant to sections 690d to 690f of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. (Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 9, 45 Stat. 450.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 690h of this title.

$690h. Same; "person" defined.

As used in sections 690c, 690d, 690e, and 690g of this title the term "person" includes an individual. partnership, association, or corporation. (Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 10, 45 Stat. 450.)

§ 690i. Same; appropriations.

CODIFICATION

Section. act Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 8, 45 Stat. 450, authorized the appropriation of $350,000 for purposes of sections 690-690h of this title, including $50,000 for purchase of land and improvements thereon.

§ 691. Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge; location; acquisition of land.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or lease not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land in what is known as the Cheyenne Bottoms, in Barton County, Kansas, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any owner for any damage sustained by reason of submergence of his lands. (June 12, 1930, ch. 469. § 1, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 691a, 691c, 691d of this title.

§ 691a. Same; establishment; purpose.

Such lands, when acquired in accordance with the provisions of section 691 of this title, shall constitute the Cheyenne Bottoms Migratory Bird Refuge, and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916. (June 12, 1930, ch. 469, § 2, 46 Stat. 579.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 691c, 691d of this title.

§691b. Same; appropriations.

CODIFICATION

Section, act June 12, 1930, ch. 469, § 3, 46 Stat. 579, authorized the appropriation of $250,000 for purchase of land described in section 691 of this title.

§ 691c. Same; acquisition of areas; title; rights-ofway, easements, and reservations.

The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under section 691 of this title, including purchase of options when deemed necessary by the

Secretary of the Interior, and expenses incident to the location, examination, and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no payment shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General. That the acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rightsof-way, easements, and reservations which from their nature will in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purpose of section 691a of this title. (June 12, 1930, ch. 469, § 4, 46 Stat. 579; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4 (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F. R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 691d of this title. § 691d. Same; application of certain statutes.

Sections 715f, 715g, 715h, 7151, 7157, 715m, and 715n of this title are made applicable for the purposes of sections 691, 691a and 691c of this title in the same manner and to the same extent as though they were enacted as a part of those sections. (June 12, 1930, ch. 469, § 5, 46 Stat. 579.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Sections 7151 and 715m of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 89–669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930, and the material contained therein is now covered by section 668dd(f) and (e) of this title, respectively.

§ 692. Game sanctuaries or refuges in Ocala National Forest; creation.

The President of the United States is authorized to designate as game refuges such lands of the United States within the Ocala National Forest, in the State of Florida, as in his judgment should be set aside for the protection of game animals and birds, but it is not intended that the lands so designated shall cease to be parts of the national forest within which they are located, and the establishment of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall not prevent the Secretary of the Interior from permitting other uses of the lands under and in conformity with the laws and regulations applicable thereto so far as such uses may be consistent with the purposes for which such game sanctuaries or refuges are established. (June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 1, 46 Stat. 827; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 692a of this title. §692a. Same; hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., unlawful.

When such game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 692 of this title, the hunting, pursuing, poisoning, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or

attempting to hunt, pursue, kill, or capture any game animals or birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of such game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may from time to time prescribe. (June 28, 1930, ch. 709, § 2, 46 Stat. 828; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 15, 62 Stat. 861.)

AMENDMENTS

1948-Act June 25, 1948, omitted the penal provisions which are now covered by section 41 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure, and inserted the reference to the rules and regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture [now Secretary of the Interior].

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Section 20 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment of this section shall be effective Sept. 1, 1948. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

§ 693. Game sanctuaries and refuges in Ouachita National Forest.

For the purpose of providing breeding places and for the protection and administration of game animals, birds, and fish, the President of the United States is authorized, upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, to establish by public proclamation certain specified areas within the Ouachita National Forest as game sanctuaries and refuges. (June 13, 1933, ch. 63, § 1, 48 Stat. 128; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 693a of this title.

§ 693a. Same; rules and regulations; violations; penalties.

The Secretary of the Interior shall execute the provisions of this section and section 693 of this title, and he is authorized to prescribe all general rules and regulations for the administration of such game sanctuaries and refuges, and violation of such rules and regulations shall be punished by fine of not more than $500 or imprisonment for not more than six months or both. (June 13, 1933, ch. 63, § 2, 48 Stat. 128; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

§ 693b. Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum and Nature Center in Ouachita National Forest; authority to establish.

In order to preserve, develop, and make available to this and future generations the opportunity to advance themselves morally, intellectually, and spiritually by learning about nature and to promote, demonstrate, and stimulate interest in and knowledge of

the management of forest lands under principles of multiple use and sustained yield and the development and progress of management of forest lands in America, the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to establish the Robert S. Kerr Memorial Aboretum and Nature Center in the Ouachita National Forest. As soon as possible after June 4, 1968, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish notice of the designation thereof in the Federal Register, together with an appropriate legal description of the property. A map showing the location of the designated arboretum and center shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. (Pub. L. 90-327, § 1, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 169.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 693c, 693d of this title.

§ 693c. Same; administration by Secretary of Agriculture.

The area designated as the Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum and Nature Center shall be administered, protected, and developed within and as a part of the Ouachita National Forest by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to national forests in such manner as in his judgment will best provide for the purposes of sections 693b to 693d of this title and to provide for such management, utilization, and disposal of the natural resources as in his judgment will promote or is compatible with and does not significantly impair the purposes for which the Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum and Nature Center is established. (Pub. L. 90-327, § 2, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 169.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 693d of this title. § 693d. Same; cooperation with public and private agencies; contributions and gifts.

The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to cooperate with and receive the cooperation of public and private agencies and organizations and individuals in the development, administration, and operation of the Robert S. Kerr Memorial Arboretum and Nature Center. The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to accept contributions and gifts to be used to further the purposes of sections 693b to 693d of this title. (Pub. L. 90-327, § 3, June 4, 1968, 82 Stat. 169.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 693c of this title

§ 694. Fish and game sanctuaries in national forests; establishment by President.

For the purpose of providing breeding places for game birds, game animals, and fish on lands and waters in the national forests not chiefly suitable for agriculture, the President of the United States authorized, upon recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce and with the approval of the State legislatures of the respective States in which said national forests are situated, to establish by public proclamation

certain specified and limited areas within said forests as fish and game sanctuaries or refuges which shall be devoted to the increase of game birds, game animals, and fish of all kinds naturally adapted thereto, but it is not intended that the lands included in such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall cease to be parts of the national forests wherein they are located, and the establishment of such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall not prevent the Secretary of the Interior from permitting other uses of the national forests under and in conformity with the laws and the rules and regulations applicable thereto so far as such uses may be consistent with the purposes for which such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges are authorized to be established. (Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 1, 48 Stat. 400; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 694a, 694b of this title.

§ 694a. Same; hunting, pursuing, capturing, etc., unlawful.

When such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges have been established as provided in section 694 of this title, hunting, pursuing, poisoning, angling for, killing, or capturing by trapping, netting, or any other means, or attempting to hunt, pursue, angle I for, kill, or capture any wild animals or fish for any purpose whatever upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said fish and game sanctuaries or refuges shall be unlawful except as hereinafter provided. (Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 2, 48 Stat. 400; June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 16, 62 Stat. 861.)

AMENDMENTS

1948-Act June 25, 1948, omitted the penal provisions which are now covered by section 41 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1948 AMENDMENT Section 20 of act June 25, 1948, provided that the amendment of this section shall be effective Sept. 1, 1948. SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 694b of this title. § 694b. Same; rules and regulations; jurisdiction of States.

The Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce shall execute the provisions of this section and sections 694 and 694a of this title, and they are jointly authorized to make all needful rules and regulations for the administration of such fish and game sanctuaries or refuges in accordance with the purpose of sections 694 to 694b of this title, including regulations not in contravention of State laws for hunting, capturing, or killing predatory animals, such as wolves, coyotes, foxes, pumas, and other species destructive to livestock or wild life or agriculture within the limits of said fish anl game sanctuaries or refugees: Provided, That the present jurisdiction of the States shall not be altered or changed without the legislative approval of such States. (Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 54, § 3, 48 Stat. 401; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, 14(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior, see note under section 671 of this title.

§ 695. Migratory waterfowl and other wildlife refuge in California; participation by State of California. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to purchase or rent not to exceed twenty thousand acres of land or interests therein in suitable locations in the State of California, for the management and control of migratory waterfowl and other wildlife in connection therewith, from moneys to be appropriated by Congress from time to time: Provided, That no sums appropriated under this authority for the acquisition of lands shall be expended for such purpose unless and until the State of California shall have set aside and made available for expenditure funds for the purchase of equivalent acreages as determined by the Secretary of the Interior. (May 18, 1948, ch. 303, § 1, 62 Stat. 238.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 695a, 695b, 695c of this title.

§ 695a. Same; title in United States; existence of easements, reservations, etc.; affecting acquisition. The Secretary of the Interior may do all things and make all expenditures necessary to secure the safe title in the United States to the areas which may be acquired under sections 695 to 695c of this title, including purchase of options when deemed necessary, and expenses incident to the location, examination and survey of such areas and the acquisition of title thereto, but no payments shall be made for any such areas until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General. The acquisition of such areas by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights-of-way, casements, cxceptions, and reservations which from their nature will, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, in no manner interfere with the use of the areas so encumbered for the purposes of said sections. (May 18, 1948, ch. 303, § 2, 62 Stat. 238.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 695b, 695c of this title.

§ 695b. Same; applicability of sections 715g to 715i and 7151 to 715n of this title.

Sections 715g to 7151 and 7151 to 715n of this title are made applicable for the purposes of sections 695 to 695c of this title in the same manner and to the same extent as though they were enacted as part of sections 695 to 695c of this title, except that lands acquired hereunder may be administered primarily as wildlife management areas not subject to the prohibition against the taking of birds or nests or the eggs thereof, as contained in section 7151 of this title, and hunting thereon may be regulated, at the option of the Fish and Game Commission of the State of California, in such cooperative manner as is deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 695 to 695c of this title subject, however, to the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918. (May 18, 1948, ch. 303, § 3, 62 Stat. 239.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, referred

to in the text, is classified to sections 703 to 711 of this title.

Sections 7151 and 715m of this title, referred to in text, were repealed by Pub. L. 89-669, § 7(d), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 930, and are now covered by section 668dd (f) and (e) of this title, respectively.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 6958, 695c of this title.

§ 695c. Same; availability of funds for construction of dams, buildings, etc.

Funds made available under sections 695 to 695c of this title or any other Act for the administration, maintenance, and development of any areas acquired under said sections, shall be available also for the construction of dams, dikes, ditches, buildings, and other necessary improvements and for the purchase, planting, growing, and harvesting of grains and other crops for the feeding of waterfowl and other wildlife frequenting the localities where such lands may be purchased or rented. (May 18, 1948, ch. 303, § 4, 62 Stat. 239.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 695a, 695b of this title.

695d. Development of water supplies for waterfowl management in California; reauthorization of Central Valley Project.

The entire Central Valley project, California, heretofore authorized under the Act of August 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), and reauthorized under the Act of October 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199), the Act of October 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), and the Act of September 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), is reauthorized and declared to be for the purposes set forth in said Acts, and also for the use of the waters thereof for fish and wildlife purposes, subject to such priorities as are applicable under said Acts. (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 1, 68 Stat. 879.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The act of Aug. 26, 1937 (50 Stat. 844, 850), the act of Oct. 17, 1940 (54 Stat. 1198, 1199). the act of Oct. 14, 1949 (63 Stat. 852), and the act of Sept. 26, 1950 (64 Stat. 1036), referred to in the text of this section, are acts Aug. 26, 1937, ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844; Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 895, 54 Stat. 1198; Oct. 14, 1949, ch. 690, 63 Stat. 852; Sept. 26, 1950, ch. 1047, 64 Stat. 1036, which, except for one irrelevant provision of said act Aug. 26, 1937 (classified as a note under section 540 of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters), were not classified to the Code.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 695g, 695) of this title.

§ 695e. Same; construction, operation, and maintenance of water supply development works. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct, cperate, and maintain such works on waterfowl management areas and refuges owned and operated by the State of California or the United States as may be necessary or desirable for the development of a water supply by means of wells and the recovery of drainage, and to furnish water available from such works, and water available from Central Valley project sources, for wildlife management purposes substantially in accordance with the recommendations set forth in the report of the United States

Department of the Interior entitled "Waterfowl Conservation in the Lower San Joaquin Valley, Its Relation to the, Grasslands and the Central Valley Project," dated October 1950, and such works should be developed in cooperation with the State of Callfornia. (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 2, 68 Stat. 879.) SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 6951, 695g, 695h, 695) of this title.

§ 695f. Same; construction, etc., authorized by section 695e as not reimbursable or returnable under reclamation laws.

The cost of investigation, planning, and construction of the works and the delivery of water as authorized in section 695e of this title shall not be reimbursable or returnable under the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and the Acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto). (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 3, 68 Stat. 679.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The reclamation laws, including the act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and the acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, referred to in the text of this section, are classified generally to chapter 12 of Title 43, Public Lands.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 695g, 695) of this title.

8695g. Same; authorization of appropriations.

There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such funds, not to exceed $400,000, for construction of necessary works to supply water for State and federally owned and operated waterfowl management areas in the San Joaquin Valley to carry out the purposes of sections 695d to 695) of this title. (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 4, 68 Stat. 879.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in section 695) of this title.

695h. Same; ownership by State of California of works constructed.

Works constructed under the authorization of section 695e of this title, for the purpose of supplying State wildlife management areas with water, shall become the property of the State of California when constructed. (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 5, 68 Stat. 879.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS This section is referred to in sections 695g, 695) of this title.

8695i. Same; authorization of Secretary of the Inte rior to contract for water delivery; delivery charge.

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to contract for the delivery of water to public organizations or agencies for use within the boundaries of such organizations or agencies for waterfowl purposes in the Grasslands area of the San Joaquin Valley. If and when available, such water shall be delivered from the Central Valley project at a charge not to exceed the prevailing charge for class 2 water. (Aug. 27, 1954, ch. 1012, § 6, 68 Stat. 879.)