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 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 964, 965-AUG. 14, 1946 50 Stat. 522 . 7 U.S. C. o1000- 1029; Supp. V, § 1001 et seq. Ante, pp. 1064,1071, 1072. Mineral rights. (2) The functions, powers, and duties of the Secretary of Agri- culture transferred under (1) above and the property and assets acquired by the Secretary of Agriculture primarily in the administra- tion of such functions, powers, and duties, shall be administered within the Division of the Agricultural Credit Agency created for the purpose of supervising and administering direct lending to farmers, subject to the supervision, direction, and authority of the Agricultural Credit Board, the Agricultural Credit Administrator, and the Deputy Administrator in charge of that Division, to the same extent as other units of a division of the Agricultural Credit Agency; (3) The functions, powers, and duties vested in the Solicitor of the Department of Agriculture and attorneys of his office by this Act and the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act shall be vested in the general counsel and attorneys of the Agricultural Credit Agency, respectively. SEC. 9. Any conveyance of real estate by the Government or any Government agency under this Act shall include all mineral rights. Approved August 14, 1946. [CHAPTER 965] Angust 14, 1946 [H. R. 6097] [Public Law 732] Conservation of wildlife. 16 U. S. C. §661- 666. Assistance to public and private agencies. Surveys, etc. Impoundment, etc., of waters. Reports, etc., of Secretary and head of State agency. AN ACT To amend the Act of March 10, 1934, entitled "An Act to promote the conser- vation of wildlife, fish, and game, and for other purposes". Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of March 10, 1934 (48 Stat. 401), is hereby amended to read as follows: "In order to promote effectual planning, development, maintenance, and coordination of wildlife conservation and rehabilitation in the United States, its Territories and possessions, the Secretary of the Interior, through the Fish and Wildlife Service, is authorized (a) to provide assistance to, and cooperate with, Federal, State, and public or private agencies and organizations in the development, protection, rearing, and stocking of all species of wildlife, resources thereof, and their habitat, in controlling losses of the same from disease or other causes, in minimizing damages from overabundant species, in provid- ing public shooting areas, and in carrying out other measures necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act; and (b) to make surveys and investigations of the wildlife of the public domain, including lands and waters or interests therein acquired or controlled by any agency of the United States. "SEc. 2. Whenever the waters of any stream or other body of water are authorized to be impounded, diverted, or otherwise controlled for any purpose whatever by any department or agency of the United States, or by any public or private agency under ederal permit such department or agency first shal consult with the Fish and Wildlife Service and the head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State wherein the impoundment, diversion, or other control facility is to be constructed with a view to preventing loss of and damage to wildlife resources, and the reports and recommendations of the Secretary of the Interior and of the head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State, based on surveys and investigations conducted y a e erve and by the ishsaid head of the agency exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State, for the purpose of determining the possible damage to wildlife re- sources and of the means and measures that should be adopted to prevent loss of and damage to wildlife resources, shall be made an integral part of any report submitted by any agency of the Federal Government responsible for engineering surveys and construction of such projects. 1080 [60 STAT.

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