Requisition and use of grain for prevention of starvation of migratory birds; reimbursement for packaging and transporting
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/us/usc/t16/s667g–1
Title
16 — Conservation
Chapter
CH5A
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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Upon a finding by the Secretary of the Interior that migratory birds are threatened with starvation in any area of the United States, the Secretary is authorized to requisition from the Commodity Credit Corporation grain acquired by that Corporation through price support operations in such quantities as may be mutually agreed upon. The Corporation shall be reimbursed by the Secretary for its expense in packaging and transporting of such grain for purposes of sections 667g to 667g–2 of this title.
(Pub. L. 87–152, § 2, Aug. 17, 1961, 75 Stat. 389.)
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 448 of Title 7, Agriculture, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
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