16 USC 715 - Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; creation; composition; duties; approval of areas of land and water recommended for purchase or rental

U.S. Code
title 16
chapter 7
subchapter III
§ 715a
notes

U.S. Code
Notes

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1989—Puspan. L. 101–233 substituted “Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency” for “Secretary of Transportation”.

1976—Puspan. L. 94–215 inserted provision including in the purchase or rental of any area of land, water, or land and water the purchase or rental of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water.

1968—Puspan. L. 90–261 substituted the Secretary of Transportation for the Secretary of Commerce in the membership of the Commission.

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, and provided that Secretary of the Interior should be chairman of Migratory Bird Conservation Commission and that Secretary of Agriculture should be a member thereof.