16 U.S.C. 690a: Maintenance of lands acquired as refuge and breeding place for migratory birdsText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 16-CONSERVATIONCHAPTER 6-GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
§690a. Maintenance of lands acquired as refuge and breeding place for migratory birds
Such lands, when acquired in accordance with the provisions of sections 690 to 690i of this title, together with such lands of the United States as may be designated for the purpose by proclamations or Executive orders of the President, shall constitute the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916.
( Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 2 , 45 Stat. 448 .)
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Section 690i, included within the reference to sections 690 to 690i, was omitted from the Code.