16 U.S.C. § 669g-1 : US Code - Section 669G-1: Payment of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

Search 16 U.S.C. § 669g-1 : US Code - Section 669G-1: Payment of funds to and cooperation with Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cooperate with the
Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico, the Governor of Guam, the
Governor of American Samoa, the Governor of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, and the Governor of the Virgin Islands,
in the conduct of wildlife-restoration projects, as defined in
section 669a of this title, and hunter safety programs as provided
by section 669g(b) of this title, upon such terms and conditions as
he shall deem fair, just, and equitable, and is authorized to
apportion to Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands, out of the
money available for apportionment under this chapter, such sums as
he shall determine, not exceeding for Puerto Rico one-half of 1 per
centum, for Guam one-sixth of 1 per centum, for American Samoa one-
sixth of one per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands one-sixth of 1 per centum, and for the Virgin
Islands one-sixth of 1 per centum of the total amount apportioned,
in any one year, but the Secretary shall in no event require any of
said cooperating agencies to pay an amount which will exceed 25 per
centum of the cost of any project. Any unexpended or unobligated
balance of any apportionment made pursuant to this section shall be
available for expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin
Islands, as the case may be, in the succeeding year, on any
approved project, and if unexpended or unobligated at the end of
such year is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the
Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of the
Migratory Bird Conservation Act [16 U.S.C. 715 et seq.].