16 U.S.C. § 669g : US Code - Section 669G: Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources

Search 16 U.S.C. § 669g : US Code - Section 669G: Maintenance of projects; expenditures for management of wildlife areas and resources

(a) Maintenance of wildlife-restoration projects established
under the provisions of this chapter shall be the duty of the
States in accordance with their respective laws. Beginning July 1,
1945, the term "wildlife-restoration project", as defined in
section 669a of this title, shall include maintenance of completed
projects. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter,
funds apportioned to a State under this chapter may be expended by
the State for management (exclusive of law enforcement and public
relations) of wildlife areas and resources. Funds from the Wildlife
Conservation and Restoration Account may be used for a wildlife
conservation education program, except that no such funds may be
used for education efforts, projects, or programs that promote or
encourage opposition to the regulated taking of wildlife.
(b) Each State may use the funds apportioned to it under section
669c(c) (!1) of this title to pay up to 75 per centum of the costs
of a hunter safety program and the construction, operation, and
maintenance of public target ranges, as a part of such program. The
non-Federal share of such costs may be derived from license fees
paid by hunters, but not from other Federal grant programs. The
Secretary shall issue not later than the 120th day after the
effective date of this subsection such regulations as he deems
advisable relative to the criteria for the establishment of hunter
safety programs and public target ranges under this subsection.