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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 757b. Authority of the Secretary with regards to Anadromous and Great Lakes fisheries; development and management
The Secretary, in accordance with any agreements entered into
pursuant to section 757a(a) of this title, is authorized (1) to
conduct such investigations, engineering and biological surveys,
and research as may be desirable to carry out the program; (2) to
carry out stream clearance activities; (3) to construct, install,
maintain, and operate devices and structures for the improvement of
feeding and spawning conditions, for the protection of fishery
resources, and for facilitating the free migration of the fish, and
for the control of the sea lamprey; (4) to construct, operate, and
maintain fish hatcheries wherever necessary to accomplish the
purposes of sections 757a to 757f of this title; (5) to conduct
such studies and make such recommendations as the Secretary
determines to be appropriate regarding the development and
management of any stream or other body of water for the
conservation and enhancement of anadromous fishery resources and
the fish in the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain that ascend streams
to spawn: Provided, That the reports on such studies and the
recommendations of the Secretary shall be transmitted to the
States, the Congress, and the Federal water resources construction
agencies for their information: Provided further, That sections
757a to 757f of this title shall not be construed as authorizing
the formulation or construction of water resources projects, except
that water resources projects which are determined by the Seretary
(!1) to be needed solely for the conservation, protection, and
enhancement of such fish may be planned and constructed by the
Bureau of Reclamation in its currently authorized geographic area
of responsibility or by the Corps of Engineers, or by the
Department of Agriculture, or by the States, with funds made
available by the Secretary under sections 757a to 757f of this
title and subject to the cost-sharing and appropriations provisions
of sections 757a to 757f of this title; (6) to acquire lands or
interests therein by purchase, lease, donation, or exchange for
acquired lands or public lands under his jurisdiction which he
finds suitable for disposition: Provided, That the lands or
interests therein so exchanged shall involve approximately equal
values, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the
Secretary may accept cash from, or pay cash to, the grantor in such
an exchange in order to equalize the values of the properties
exchanged; (7) to accept donations of funds and to use such funds
to acquire or manage lands or interests therein; and (8) to
administer such lands or interests therein for the purposes of
sections 757a to 757f of this title. Title to lands or interests
therein acquired pursuant to sections 757a to 757f of this title
shall be in the cooperating States or other non-Federal interests.
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