16 USC § 715c - Areas recommended for approval; character

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s715c"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 715c - Areas recommended for approval; character"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "715c"
section_name: "Areas recommended for approval; character"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "MIGRATORY BIRD CONSERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 4, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 89–669, § 7(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 95–552, § 2, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2071.)"
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# § 715c. Areas recommended for approval; character

The Secretary of the Interior may not recommend any area for purchase or rental under the terms of this subchapter unless the Secretary of the Interior—

**(1)** has determined that such area is necessary for the conservation of migratory birds; and

**(2)** has consulted with the county or other unit of local government in which such area is located and with the Governor of the State concerned or the appropriate State agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 4, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 89–669, § 7(a), Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 929; Pub. L. 95–552, § 2, Oct. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 2071.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1978— substituted “may not recommend any area” for “shall recommend no area”, incorporated existing provision in item (1) and added item (2).

1966— struck out “game” from “migratory game birds”.

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions of Secretary of Agriculture to Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, see Transfer of Functions note set out under .