16 USC § 666e - Administration of acquired lands

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title: "16 USC § 666e - Administration of acquired lands"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "666e"
section_name: "Administration of acquired lands"
chapter_number: 5
chapter_name: "PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "GAME, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, AND FISH"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 619, § 2, 63 Stat. 708.)"
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# § 666e. Administration of acquired lands

section 666d of this titleAugust 14, 194660 Stat. 1080

Any lands acquired by the Secretary of the Interior under the terms of this section and , if located within or adjacent to an existing wildlife refuge or reservation, immediately shall become a part of such refuge or reservation and shall be administered under the laws and regulations applicable thereto, and, if not so located, may be administered as a migratory-waterfowl management area, refuge, reservation, or breeding ground in accordance with the provisions of the Act of  (), and Acts supplementary thereto.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 619, § 2, 63 Stat. 708.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Act of , referred to in text, is , , which amended , by generally amending sections 1 to 6, which are classified to sections 661 to 665 and 666 of this title, and by adding sections 7 to 9, which are classified to sections 666a to 666c of this title. Subsequent acts added sections 5A and 10 of act , which are classified to sections 665a and 666c–1 of this title, respectively.