16 U.S.C. § 715a

Migratory Bird Conservation Commission; creation; composition; duties; approval of areas of land and water recommended for purchase or rental

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A commission to be known as the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, consisting of the Secretary of the Interior, as chairman, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Agriculture and two Members of the Senate, to be selected by the President of the Senate, and two Members of the House of Representatives to be selected by the Speaker, is created and authorized to consider and pass upon any area of land, water, or land and water that may be recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase or rental under this subchapter, and to fix the price or prices at which such area may be purchased or rented; and no purchase or rental shall be made of any such area until it has been duly approved for purchase or rental by said commission. Any Member of the House of Representatives who is a member of the commission, if reelected to the succeeding Congress, may serve on the commission notwithstanding the expiration of a Congress. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The ranking officer of the branch or department of a State to which is committed the administration of its game laws, or his authorized representative, and in a State having no such branch or department, the governor thereof, or his authorized representative, shall be a member ex officio of said commission for the purpose of considering and voting on all questions relating to the acquisition, under this subchapter, of areas in his State. For purposes of this subchapter, the purchase or rental of any area of land, water, or land and water includes the purchase or rental of any interest in any such area of land, water, or land and water.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1983–2001 · leading case: North Dakota v. United States, 460 U.S. 300 (1983).

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North Dakota v. United States, 460 U.S. 300 (1983). · cites it 2× “" [1] Land acquisitions under the Conservation Act are subject to certain conditions: they must be approved in advance by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, §§ 2 and 5, 16 U. S. C. §§ 715a and 715d, and the State in which the land is located must "have consented by law…”

United States v. State, 23 P.3d 117 (Idaho 2001). “In addition, the wording of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act itself indicates that if the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission considers any piece of land, water, or land and water for withdrawal "that it may be recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase or…”

United States v. State, 23 P.3d 117 (Idaho 2001). “In addition, the wording of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act itself indicates that if the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission considers any piece of land, water, or land and water for withdrawal “that it may be recommended by the Secretary of the Interior for purchase or…”

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