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 75 Tx CONGRESS, 1ST SESSION-CH. 899-SEPTEMBER 2, 1937 917 [CHAPTER 899] AN ACT September 2, 1937 To provide that the United States shall aid the States in wildlife-restoration [5 .26701 	 projects, and for other purposes. [Public. No. 4161 Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary pr Wildlife-restoration of Agriculture is authorized to cooperate with the States, through through State their respective State fish and game departments, in wildlife-restora- etc ., departments. tion projects as hereinafter set forth ; but no money apportioned under Assent etc ., of State. this Act to any State shall be expended therein until its legislature, or other State agency authorized by the State constitution to make laws governing the conservation of wildlife, shall have assented to the provision of this Act and shall have passed laws for the conserva- tion o f wildlif e which s hall incl ude a pro hibition against t he divers ion of license fees paid by hunters for any other purpose than the admin- istr ation of sai d Stat e fish and g ame dep artmen t, exc ept th at, un til the final adjournment of the first regular session of the legislature held after the passage of this Act, the assent of the Governor of the State shall be sufficient. The Secretary of Agriculture and the State Agreem ent to terms . fish and game department of each State accepting the benefits of this Act shall agree upon the wildlife-restoration projects to be aided in such State under the terms of this Act and all projects shall conform to the standards fixed by the Secretary of Agriculture. SEC. 2 . For the purposes of this Act the term "wildlife-restoration ti on project" defined. project" shall be construed to mean and include the selection, restora- tion, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of land or water adapt- able as fe eding, resti ng, or breed ing pla ces fo r wild life, includ ing acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease, or gift of such areas or estates or interests therein as are suitable or capable of being made suitable therefor, and the construction thereon or therein of such works as may be necessary to make them available for such purposes and also including such research into problems of wildlife manage- ment as may be ne cessar y to e fficie nt admi nistra tion a ffecti ng wil d- life resources, and such preliminary or incidental costs and expenses as may be incurred in and about such projects ; the term "State fish dep rtme fnt." game and game department" shall be construed to mean and include any dep artme nt o r div ision of depar tment of anoth er na me, o r co mmis- sion, or official or officials, of a State empowered under its laws to exerc ise th e func tions ordina rily e xercise d by a State fish and ga me department. SEC. 3 . An amount equal to the revenue accruing during the fiscal "The Federal aid to wildlife-restoration year endin g June 30, 1 939, a nd eac h fisca l year there after, from the fund" set apart. tax impose d by s ection 610, title IV, of the Re venue Act of 1932 (47 41Stat .211 . Stat. 169), as heretofore or hereafter extended and amended, on fire- arms, shells, and cartridges, is hereby authorized to be set apart in the Treasury as a special fund to be known as "The Federal aid to wildlife-restoration fund" and is hereby authorized to be appropri- Availabilit y. ated and made available until expended for the purposes of this Act. So much of such appropriation apportioned to any State for any Use of balances. fisc al yea r as r emains unexp ended at the close thereo f is a uthori zed to be made available for expenditure in that State until the close of the succee ding f iscal year. Any amount apportioned to any State under the provisions of this Act which is unexpended or unobligated at the end of the period during which it is available for expenditure on any project is authorized to be made available for expenditure by is r,. S. C'. 5s :16- the Secretary of Agriculture in carrying out the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.