essary to keep the reimbursable costs within the findings made under subsections 590z-1(a) (iv, v, vi) and (2) from the costs that but for this subsection would be required to be returned under section 590z-3, to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary of Agriculture for the successful prosecution of the project; and as to each such project the limitations on expenditures provided in sections 590y and 590z-7 shall be inoperative. Appropriations made pursuant to section 590z-10 shall be available for expenditures for continuation of construction on any project heretofore undertaken under the 1940 water conservation appropriation, and such expenditures and those from the 1940 water conservation appropriation may be excluded from the costs of any such project in determining the amounts required to be reimbursed, to the extent the Secretary and the Secretary of Agriculture jointly determine is necessary to keep reimburseable costs within the ability of the water users to repay. No project may be initiated for construction or, if heretofore authorized, continued under this subsection unless the Secretary, following consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, finds that the proposed construction under this subsection is justifiable as an aid in the production of needed agricultural products and the President approves said finding. The utilization of services or labor of prisoners of war under section 590z is authorized, subject to the approval of, and regulations by, the Department of the Army or other Federal agency having control of said prisoners. From and after the date six months after the cessation of hostilities in the present war as determined by proclamation of the President or concurrent resolution of the Congress, this subsection shall no longer be of any force or effect except as to projects on which construction has been initiated or continued under this subsection prior to said date. (As amended July 16, 1943, ch. 242, § 5, 57 Stat. 568; July 26, 1947, ch. 343, Title II, § 205(a), 61 Stat. 501.)

References in text.-1940 water conservation appropriation for citation see subsec. (c) of section 590 z-1 of this title.

Amendments.—Subsec. (d) was added by Act July 16, 1943, cited to text. Expiration date of subsection (d).-Subsection (d) of this section, by the termination of World War II, which was proclaimed at 12 o'clock noon of December 31, 1946, by Proc. No. 2714, 12 F.R. 1, set out as note under section 601 of Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense.

Change of Name.--The Department of War was designated the Department of the Army and the title of the Secretary of War was changed to Secretary of the Army by section 205 (a) of Act July 26, 1947, cited to text.

8590z-3. Settlement of projects on agricultural basis; advice to settlers; acquisition and improvement of agricultural lands; utilization of other agencies.

(c) Where the aggregate amount involved does not exceed $300, the provisions of section 5 of Title 41 shall not apply to any purchase or service authorized for the Department of Agriculture under sections 590y to 590z-10 of this title or under the 1940 water conservation appropriation. (As amended July 16, 1943, ch. 242, § 6, 57 Stat. 568.)

References in text.-1940 water conservation appropriation, for citation see subsec. (c) of section 590z-1 of this title.

Amendments.-Subsec. (c) was added by Act July 16, 1943, cited to text.

§ 5902-5. Limitation of expenditures of Federal funds for any one project under sections 590r-590x.-On any one project undertaken pursuant to sections 590r-590x of this title, as amended and supplemented, expenditures for the construction, maintenance, operation, rehabilitation or financial assistance of any one project, shall not exceed $100,000 of Federal funds, whether appropriated or allotted or both. All project facilities and appurtenances which depend for their utility in whole or in part upon each other or upon any common facility shall be deemed one project within the meaning of this section. (As amended June 10, 1949, ch. 195, 63 Stat. 171.)

1949 amendment.-Act June 10, 1949, cited to text, increased the maximum amount which may be loaned by the Secretary from $50,000 to $100,000.

Chapter 4.-PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS

§ 594-1. Protection of all forest lands from insects and diseases; policy of Government. In order to protect and preserve forest resources of the United States from ravages of bark beetles, defoliators, hlights, wilts, and other destructive forest insect pests and diseases, and thereby enhance the growth and maintenance of forests, promote the stability of forest-using industries and employment associated therewith, aid in fire control by reducing the menace created by dying and dead trees injured or killed by insects or disease, conserve forest cover on watersheds, and protect recreational and other values of forests, it shall be the policy of the Government of the United States independently and through cooperation with the governments of States, Territories, and possessions, and private timber owners to prevent, retard, control, suppress, or eradicate incipient, potential, or emergency outbreaks of destructive insects and diseases on, or threatening, all forest lands irrespective of ownership. (June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 1, 61 Stat. 177.)

Short title.-Congress in enacting sections 594-1 to 594-5 of this title provided by section 7 of Act June 25, 1947, cited to text, that said sections be known as the "Forest Pest Control Act".

Repeals. Section 6 of Act June 25, 1945, cited to text, provided: "The provisions of this Act [sections 594-1 to 594-5 of this title] are intended to supplement, and shall not be construed as limiting or repealing, existing legislation.

8594-2. Same; conduct of surveys; consent to operations.-The Secretary of Agriculture is authorized either directly or in cooperation with other departments of the Federal Government, with any State, Territory, or possession, organization, person, or public agency, subject to such conditions as he may deem necessary and using such funds as have been, or may hereafter be, made available for these purposes, to conduct surveys on any forest lands to detect and appraise infestations of forest insect pests and tree diseases, to determine the measures which should be applied on such lands, in order to prevent, retard, control, or suppress, or eradicate incipient, threatening, potential, or emergency outbreaks of such insect or disease pests, and to plan, organize, direct, and carry out such measures as he may deem necessary to accomplish the objectives and purposes of sections 594-1 to 594-5 of this title: Provided, That any operations planned to prevent, retard, control, or suppress insects or diseases on forest lands owned, controlled, or managed by other agencies of the Federal Government shall be conducted

with the consent of the agency having jurisdiction over such land. (June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 2, 61 Stat. 177.)

§ 594-3. Same; allocation of funds.-The Secretary of Agriculture may, in his discretion and out of any money made available pursuant to section 594-5 of this title, make allocations to Federal agencies having jurisdiction over lands held or owned by the United States in such amounts as he may deem necessary to retard, control, suppress, or eradicate injurious insect pests or plant diseases affecting forests on said lands. (June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 3, 61 Stat. 177.)

§ 594-4. Same; contributions to work.-No money appropriated to carry out the purposes of sections 594-1 to 594-5 of this title shall be expended to prevent, retard, control, or suppress insect or disease pests on forest lands owned by persons, associations, corporations, States, Territories, possessions, or subdivisions thereof until such contributions toward the work as the Secretary may require have been made or agreed upon in the form of funds, services, materials, or otherwise. (June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 4, 61 Stat. 177.)

§ 594-5. Same; appropriations; availability for expense; procurement of materials and equipment.-There are authorized to be appropriated for the purposes of sections 594-1 to 594-5 of this title such sums as the Congress may from time to time determine to be necessary. Any sums so appropriated shall be available for necessary expenses, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, printing and binding, and the purchase, maintenance, operation, and exchange of passenger-carrying vehicles; but such sums shall not be used to pay the cost or value of any property injured or destroyed. Materials and equipment necessary to control, suppress, or eradicate infestations of forest insects or tree diseases may be procured without regard to the provisions of section 5 of Title 41 under such procedures as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, when deemed necessary in the public interest. (June 25, 1947, ch. 141, § 5, 61 Stat. 177.)

Chapter 5a.-PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE

§ 667b. Transfer of certain real property for wildlife conservation purposes; reservation of rights.-Upon request, real property which is under the jurisdiction or control of a Federal agency and no longer required by such agency, (1) can be utilized for wildlife conservation purposes by the agency of the State exercising administration over the wildlife resources of the State wherein the real property lies or by the Secretary of the Interior; and (2) is chiefly valuable for use for any such purpose, and which, in the determination of the Administrator of General Services is available for such use may, notwithstanding any other provisions of law, be transferred without reimbursement or transfer of funds (with or without improvements as determined by said Administrator) by the Federal agency having jurisdiction or control of the property to (a) such State agency if the management thereof for the conservation of wildlife relates to other than migratory birds, or (b) to the Secretary of the Interior if the real property has particular value in carrying out the national migratory bird management program. Any such transfer to other than the United States shall be subject to the reservation by the United States of all oil, gas, and

mineral rights, and to the condition that the property shall continue to be used for wildlife conservation or other of the above-stated purposes and in the event it is no longer used for such purposes or in the event it is needed for national defense purposes title thereto shall revert to the United States. (May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 1, 62 Stat. 240, amended June 30, 1949, ch. 288, Title I, § 105, 63 Stat. 381.)

Transfer of functions.-The functions, records, property, etc., of the War Assets Administration were transferred to the General Services Administration, the functions of the War Assets Administrator were transferred to the Administrator of General Services, and the War Assets Administration, and the office of War Assets Administrator were abolished by section 105 of Act June 30, 1949, cited to text. Said section 105 is set out as section 215 of Title 41, Public Contracts. Effective date of transfer of functions.-Transfer of functions as effective July 1, 1949, see note set out under section 201 of Title 41, Public Contracts.

§ 667c. Same; publication of designating order. Whenever any real property is transferred pursuant to sections 667b-667d of this title, the Administrator of General Services shall make and have published in the Federal Register an appropriate order, which may be revised from time to time in like manner, designating for which of the purposes specified in section 667b of this title the property so transferred shall be used. (May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 2, 62 Stat. 241, amended June 30, 1949, ch. 288, Title I, § 105, 63 Stat. 381.)

Transfer of functions.—The functions, records, property, etc., of the War Assets Administration were transferred to the General Services Administration, the functions of the War Assets Administrator were transferred to the Administrator of General Services, and the War Assets Administration, and the office of War Assets Administrator were abolished by section 105 of Act June 30, 1949, cited to text. Said section 105 is set out as section 215 of Title 41, Public Contracts. Effective date of transfer of functions.-Transfer of functions as effective July 1, 1949, see note set out under section 201 of Title 41, Public Contracts.

§ 667d. Same; reports to Congress.-A statement of the acreage and value of such property as may have been transferred pursuant to sections 667b-667d of this title during the preceding fiscal year shall be annually prepared by the Administrator of General Services and shall be included in the annual budget transmitted to the Congress. (May 19, 1948, ch. 310, § 3, 62 Stat. 242, amended June 30, 1949, ch. 288, Title I, § 105, 63 Stat. 381.)

Transfer of functions.-The functions, records, property, etc., of the War Assets Administration were transferred to the General Services Administration, the functions of the War Assets Administrator were transferred to the Administrator of General Services, and the War Assets Administration, and the office of War Assets Administrator were abolished by section 105 of Act June 30, 1949, cited to text. Said section 105 is set out as section 215 of Title 41, Public Contracts. Effective date of transfer of functions.-Transfer of functions as effective July 1, 1949, see note set out under section 201 of Title 41, Public Contracts.

Chapter 6.-GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION

§ 676. Same; hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing game unlawful. -When such areas have been designated as provided for in section 675 of this title, hunting, trapping, killing, or capturing of game animals and birds upon the lands of the United States within the limits of said areas shall be unlawful, except under such regulations as may be prescribed from time to time by the Secretary of Agriculture. (June 5, 1920, ch. 247, §§ 2, 3, 41 Stat. 986, amended June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 11, 62 Stat. 860, eff. Sept. 1, 1948.)

1948 amendment.-Act June 25, 1948, cited to text, amended section by omitting penal provisions which are covered by section 41 of new Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.

§ 678a. Same; mining locations; rules and regulations.-Subject to the conditions herein provided, mining locations may be made under the general mining laws of the United States on lands of the United States situated within the exterior boundaries of that portion of the Harney National Forest designated as the Custer State Park Game Sanctuary, South Dakota, created pursuant to the provisions of sections 675-678 of this title. A locator shall have the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting and mining, including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the mining operations herein authorized shall be subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary in furtherance of the purposes for which the said sanctuary was established: Provided further, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the marking rules and timber sale practices applicable to the Harney National Forest, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development: Provided further, That the Secretary of Agriculture in his discretion may prohibit the location of mining claims within six hundred and sixty feet of any Federal, State, or county road, and within such other areas where the location of mining claims would not be in the public interest: And provided further, That no patent shall be issued by the United States on any location filed pursuant to the authority contained in this section. (June 24, 1948, ch. 611, § 1, 62 Stat. 580.)

§ 678b. Same; redefinition of western boundary.-To facilitate administration for the purpose for which the sanctuary has been established, the western boundary of the sanctuary lying north of Custer State Park is redefined as follows:

Beginning at the east quarter corner of section 7, township 2 south, range 5 east, Black Hills meridian; thence south along said section line to its intersection with a line three hundred feet north of the Horse Thief Lake Road; thence southwesterly along a line three hundred feet northwesterly from the center line of said road and running approximately parallel thereto to the intersection of said road with United States Highway 85A; thence southerly along a line three hundred feet west of United States Highway 85A and approximately parallel thereto to the present south boundary of said sanctuary in section 3 south, range 4 east, Black Hills meridian. (June 24, 1948, ch. 611, § 2, 62 Stat. 581.)

§ 682. Game refuge in Ozark National Forest.-The President of the United States is authorized to designate such national forest lands