---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 81.4"
title: "50"
number: "81.4"
heading: "Allocation of funds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/81.4"
---

# §81.4. Allocation of funds.


The Secretary shall semi-annually allocate funds, appropriated for the purpose of carrying out [Section 6](/cfr/50/6.md), to various State programs using the following as the basis for his determination:

- (a) The international commitments of the United States to protect endangered or threatened species;
- (b) The readiness of a State to proceed with a conservation program consistent with the objectives and purposes of the Act;
- (c) The number of endangered and threatened species within a State;
- (d) The potential for restoring endangered and threatened species within a State; and
- (e) The relative urgency to initiate a program to restore and protect an endangered or threatened species in terms of survival of the species.

## Notes

### Amendments

[40 FR 47509, Oct. 9, 1975, as amended at 44 FR 31580, May 31, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: Endangered Species Act of 1973, sec. 6(h), 87 Stat. 884, 16 U.S.C. 1531-43, Pub. L. 93-205.

### Source

Source: 40 FR 47509, Oct. 9, 1975, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[40 FR 47509, Oct. 9, 1975, as amended at 44 FR 31580, May 31, 1979]