16 USC § 718i - Use of contest fees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s718i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 718i - Use of contest fees"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "718i"
section_name: "Use of contest fees"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY GAME AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "HUNTING AND CONSERVATION STAMP TAX"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, as added Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(h), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 678.)"
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# § 718i. Use of contest fees

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds received by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in the form of fees for entering any Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp contest shall be credited—

**(1)** first, to the appropriation account from which expenditures for the administration of the contest are made; and

**(2)** second, to the extent any funds remain, to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, as added Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(h), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 678.)

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9 of act , was classified to  prior to repeal by , , .

A prior section 718i, , , related to disposal of surplus stamps and restricted use of stamps to the fiscal year for which issued prior to repeal by , formerly § 3(c), , renumbered , , .