§ 277d-39. — HidalgoReynosa lands; administration; part of national wildlife refuge system.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC277d-39]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-39. Hidalgo-Reynosa lands; administration; part of
national wildlife refuge system
Upon transfer of sovereignty from Mexico to the United States of the
481.68 acres of land acquired by the United States from Mexico near
Hidalgo-Reynosa, administration over the portion of that land which is
determined by the Commissioner not to be required for the construction
and maintenance of the relocated river channel shall be assumed by the
Department of the Interior; and the Department of the Interior, United
States Fish and Wildlife Service, is authorized to plan, establish,
develop, and administer such portion of the acquired lands as a part of
the national wildlife refuge system.
(Pub. L. 92-549, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 25, 1972, 86 Stat. 1162; Pub.
L. 93-271, Sec. 1(3), Apr. 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 92.)
Change of Name
``United States Fish and Wildlife Service'' substituted in text for
``Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife''
pursuant to section 1(3) of Pub. L. 93-271, see section 742b of Title
16, Conservation.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 277d-38 of this title.
