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16 U.S.C. § 722 — Acquisition of lands and water

submitted 102 years ago by ch. 346 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 87 words · no verdicts yet

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This section authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to acquire specified land and land-and-water areas along the Mississippi River. Acquired areas become part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge.

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 must become a part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge (referred to in this chapter as the “refuge”).
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

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”).

Source credit: (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. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 105–312, title II, § 202(b), Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 2957.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1924Enacted · Act of June 7, 1924, ch. 346 · 43 Stat. 650
  • 1934Amended · Act of June 18, 1934, ch. 602 · 48 Stat. 1015
  • 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-312 · 112 Stat. 2957

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 346 on 1924-06-07.

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