16 USC § 777d - Certification of funds deducted for expenses and amounts apportioned to States

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title: "16 USC § 777d - Certification of funds deducted for expenses and amounts apportioned to States"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "777d"
section_name: "Certification of funds deducted for expenses and amounts apportioned to States"
chapter_number: 10
chapter_name: "FISH RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECTS"
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source_credit: "(Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 658, § 5, 64 Stat. 432; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title X, § 1014(a)(4), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 125, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1775.)"
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# § 777d. Certification of funds deducted for expenses and amounts apportioned to States

June 30, 1951

For each fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending , the Secretary of the Interior shall certify, at the time at which a deduction or apportionment is made, to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to each State fish and game department, the sum which he has estimated to be deducted for administering this chapter and the sum which he has apportioned to each State for such fiscal year.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 9, 1950, ch. 658, § 5, 64 Stat. 432; Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title X, § 1014(a)(4), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1015; Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 125, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1775.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

2000— inserted “, at the time at which a deduction or apportionment is made,” after “certify” and struck out “and executing” after “administering”.

1984— struck out provisions relating to notice by the State to the Secretary of intention to accept, and use of funds where the State fails to accept.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , and applicable with respect to fiscal years beginning after , see , set out as a note under .

## Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Transfer of functions to Secretary of Commerce from Secretary of the Interior by Reorg. Plan No. 4 of 1970, eff. , 35 F.R. 15627, , see note set out under .