Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 16 : Section 722


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 722. Acquisition of lands and water

      The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to acquire, by
    purchase, gift, or lease, such areas of land, or of land and water,
    situated between Rock Island, Illinois, and Wabasha, Minnesota, on
    either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River which are
    not used for agricultural purposes, as he determines suitable for
    the purposes of this chapter, and any such area when acquired shall
    become a part of the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and
    Fish Refuge (referred to in this chapter as the "refuge").



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