16 U.S.C. § 669e : US Code - Section 669E: Submission and approval of plans and projects

Search 16 U.S.C. § 669e : US Code - Section 669E: Submission and approval of plans and projects

(a) Setting aside funds
Any State desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this
chapter shall, by its State fish and game department, submit
programs or projects for wildlife restoration in either of the
following two ways:
(1) The State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of the
Interior a comprehensive fish and wildlife resource management plan
which shall insure the perpetuation of these resources for the
economic, scientific, and recreational enrichment of the people.
Such plan shall be for a period of not less than five years and be
based on projections of desires and needs of the people for a
period of not less than fifteen years. It shall include provisions
for updating at intervals of not more than three years and be
provided in a format as may be required by the Secretary of the
Interior. If the Secretary of the Interior finds that such plans
conform to standards established by him and approves such plans, he
may finance up to 75 per centum of the cost of implementing
segments of those plans meeting the purposes of this chapter from
funds apportioned under this chapter upon his approval of an annual
agreement submitted to him.
(2) A State may elect to avail itself of the benefits of this
chapter by its State fish and game department submitting to the
Secretary of the Interior full and detailed statements of any
wildlife-restoration project proposed for that State. If the
Secretary of the Interior finds that such project meets with the
standards set by him and approves said project, the State fish and
game department shall furnish to him such surveys, plans,
specifications, and estimates therefor as he may require. If the
Secretary of the Interior approves the plans, specifications, and
estimates for the project, he shall notify the State fish and game
department and immediately set aside so much of said fund as
represents the share of the United States payable under this
chapter on account of such project, which sum so set aside shall
not exceed 75 per centum of the total estimated cost thereof.
The Secretary of the Interior shall approve only such
comprehensive plans or projects as may be substantial in character
and design and the expenditure of funds hereby authorized shall be
applied only to such approved comprehensive wildlife plans or
projects and if otherwise applied they shall be replaced by the
State before it may participate in any further apportionment under
this chapter. No payment of any money apportioned under this
chapter shall be made on any comprehensive wildlife plan or project
until an agreement to participate therein shall have been submitted
to and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
(b) "Project" defined
If the State elects to avail itself of the benefits of this
chapter by preparing a comprehensive fish and wildlife plan under
option (1) of subsection (a) of this section, then the term
"project" may be defined for the purposes of this chapter as a
wildlife program, all other definitions notwithstanding.
(c) Costs
Administrative costs in the form of overhead or indirect costs
for services provided by State central service activities outside
of the State agency having primary jurisdiction over the wildlife
resources of the State which may be charged against programs or
projects supported by the fund established by section 669b of this
title shall not exceed in any one fiscal year 3 per centum of the
annual apportionment to the State.