16 USC § 715f - Consent of State to conveyance in fee

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s715f"
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title: "16 USC § 715f - Consent of State to conveyance in fee"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "715f"
section_name: "Consent of State to conveyance in fee"
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, § 7, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 103–434, title XIII, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4565.)"
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# § 715f. Consent of State to conveyance in fee

No deed or instrument of conveyance in fee shall be accepted by the Secretary of the Interior under this subchapter unless the State in which the area lies shall have consented by law to the acquisition by the United States of lands in that State.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, § 7, 45 Stat. 1223; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 103–434, title XIII, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4565.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1994— inserted “in fee” after “conveyance”.

## 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 .