2. GAME MANAGEMENT DEPOTS

Act of June 24, 1936 (49 Stat. 1913), as amended (16 U.S.C. 667)

GAME MANAGEMENT SUPPLY DEPOTS; APPROPRIATIONS

SECTION 1. The Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized to purchase on behalf of the United States such tract or tracts of land, in Pocatello, Idaho, including structures thereon, as in his judgment may be suitable for the establishment of a game management supply depot and laboratory for use of the Department of Agriculture, and to pay all costs incident to examining, transferring, and perfecting title to said land, and to construct thereon such building or buildings and to repair, add to, or remodel any existing structures thereon, as in his judgment may be suitable for use as a depot and laboratory and to purchase and install therein such equipment machinery as may be necessary for its efficient use and operation; he is authorized to provide such sidewalks and approaches in and around said premises as may be required. Appropriations made for the administration, protection, maintenance, control, improvements, and development of wildlife sanctuaries, reservations, and refuges under the control of the Secretary of the Interior shall be available for the purchase, transportation, and handling of supplies and materials for distribution at cost from game management supply depots maintained by the Department of the Interior to projects specially provided for, and transfers between the appropriations for said purposes are authorized in order that the cost of supplies and materials, and transportation and handling thereof, drawn from central warehouses so maintained may be charged to the particular project benefited; and such supplies and materials as remain in said depots at the end of any fiscal year shall be continuously available for issuance during subsequent fiscal years and to be charged for by such transfers of funds between said appropriations for the fiscal year then current without decreasing in any way the appropriations made for that fiscal year: Provided, That supplies and materials shall not be purchased solely for the purpose of increasing the value of storehouse stock beyond reasonable requirements for any current fiscal year. (June 24, 1936, c. 764, 49 Stat. 1913; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(e), (f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

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H. Waterfowl depredations prevention program

1. USE OF GRAIN TO PREVENT DEPREDATION

Act of July 3, 1956 (70 Stat. 492; 7 U.S.C. 442-445)

AVAILABILITY OF GRAIN TO PREVENT WATERFOWL DEPREDATIONS

SECTION 1. For the purpose of preventing crop damage by migratory waterfowl, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to the Secretary of the Interior such wheat, corn, or other grains, acquired through price support operations and certified by the Commodity Credit Corporation to be available for purposes of this Act or in such condition through spoilage or deterioration as not to be desirable for human consumption, as the Secretary of the Interior shall requisition pursuant to section 2 hereof. With respect to any grain thus made available, the Commodity Credit Corporation may pay packaging, transporting, handling, and other charges up to the time of delivery to one or more designated locations in each State. (July 3, 1956, § 1, 70 Stat. 492.)

REQUISITION OF GRAIN UPON FINDING OF THREAT TO FARMERS CROPS

SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that any area in the United States is threatened with damage to farmers' crops by migratory waterfowl, whether or not during the open season for such migratory waterfowl, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation and to make available to Federal, State, or local governmental bodies or officials, or to private organizations or persons, such grain acquired by the Commodity Credit Corporation through pricesupport operations in such quantities and subject to such regulations as the Secretary determines will most effectively lure migratory waterfowl away from crop depredations and at the same time not expose such migratory waterfowl to shooting over areas to which the waterfowl have been lured by such feeding programs. (July 3, 1956, § 2, 70 Stat. 492.)

REIMBURSEMENT OF PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTING EXPENSES

SEC. 3. With respect to all grain made available pursuant to section 2, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary of the Interior for its expenses in packaging and transporting such grain for purposes of this Act. (July 3, 1956, § 3, 70 Stat. 492.)

APPROPRIATION

SEC. 4. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its investment in the grain transferred pursuant to this Act. (July 3, 1956, § 4, 70 Stat. 492.)

Section 5 of the 1956 Act provided that: "No grain shall be made available by the Commodity Credit Corporation under this Act after the expiration of three years following its enactment." This section was repealed by the Act of August 4, 1959, 73 Stat. 279.

2. SURPLUS GRAIN FOR GAME BIRDS

Act of August 17, 1961 (75 Stat. 389; 7 U.S.C. 447-449)

AGRICULTURE; SURPLUS GRAIN FOR GAME BIRDS

SECTION 1. For the purpose of meeting emergency situations caused by adverse weather conditions or other factors destructive of important wildlife resources, the States are hereby authorized, upon the request of the State fish and game authority or other State agency having similar authority and a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that any area of the United States is threatened with serious damage or loss to resident game birds and other resident wildlife from starvation, to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by the Corporation through price support operations. Such grain may thereafter be furnished to the particular State for direct. and sole utilization by the appropriate State agencies for purposes of this Act in such quantities as mutually agreed upon by the State and the Commodity Credit Corporation and subject to such regulations as may be considered desirable by the Corporation. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the particular State in each instance for the expense of the Corporation in packaging and transporting such grain for purposes of this Act. (Aug. 17, 1961, § 1, 75 Stat. 389.)

MIGRATORY BIRDS

SEC. 2. Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migratory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of this Act. (Aug. 17, 1961, § 2, 75 Ŝtat. 389.)

APPROPRIATION

SEC. 3. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for its investment in grain transferred pursuant to this Act. (Aug. 17, 1961, § 3, 75 Stat. 389.)

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I. Endangered species preservation

1. NATIONAL KEY DEER REFUGE

Act of August 22, 1957 (71 Stat. 412; 16 U.S.C. 696-696b)

NATIONAL KEY DEER REFUGE; ESTABLISHMENT

SECTION 1. In order to protect and preserve in the national interest the Key deer and other wildlife resources in the Florida Keys, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire title, in such manner as he shall consider to be in the public interest, including but not limited to donation, the use of donated funds, and exchange for unreserved public land or interests therein when such exchanges involve properties of approximately equal value, not to exceed one thousand acres of the lands or interests therein in townships 65 and 66 south, ranges 28, 29, and 30 east, Monroe County, Florida, as he shall find to be suitable for the conservation and management of the said Key deer and other wildlife: Provided, however, That no land shall be acquired by condemnation on any island that is traversed at any point by United States Highway Numbered 1. The properties so acquired shall constitute the National Key Deer Refuge, and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with the laws and regulations relating to the national wildlife refuges, including, but not limited to, sections 4, 7, and 8 of the Act of March 10, 1934, as amended by the Act of August 14, 1946 (60 Stat. 1080; 16 U.S.C., 1952 edition, secs. 664, 666a, and 666b), relating to the conservation of wildlife, fish, and game. (Aug. 22, 1957, § 1, 71 Stat. 412.)

ACQUISITION OF TITLE TO PROPERTIES; RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND EASEMENTS

SEC. 2. In furtherance of the aforesaid purposes, the Secretary may take such action and make such expenditures as he shall find to be necessary in order to secure satisfactory title in the United States to such properties, including the payment of expenses incidental to the location, examination, and survey of such lands and the acquisition of title thereto; but no payment shall be made for any such lands until the title thereto shall be satisfactory to the Attorney General: Provided, That the acquisition of such lands or interests therein by the United States shall in no case be defeated because of rights-ofways, easements, exceptions, and reservations which, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, will not interfere materially with the use of such properties for the purposes of this Act. (Aug. 22, 1957, § 2, 71 Stat. 412.)

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