---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 669d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "669d"
heading: "Apportionment; certification to States and Secretary of the Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of funds not accepted"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/669d"
units:
  - "Chapter 5B — Wildlife Restoration"
---

# §669d. Apportionment; certification to States and Secretary of the Treasury; acceptance by States; disposition of funds not accepted


For each [fiscal year](/usc/16/669a.md?p=2), the [Secretary](/usc/16/669a.md?p=5) of the Interior shall certify, at the time at which a deduction or apportionment is made, to the [Secretary](/usc/16/669a.md?p=5) of the Treasury and to each [State fish and game department](/usc/16/669a.md?p=6) the sum which he has estimated to be deducted for administering this chapter and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act [[16 U.S.C. 715](/usc/16/715.md) et seq.] and the sum which he has apportioned to each [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a). Any [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter shall notify the [Secretary](/usc/16/669a.md?p=5) of the Interior to this effect within sixty days after it has received the certification referred to in this section. The sum apportioned to any [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) which fails to notify the [Secretary](/usc/16/669a.md?p=5) of the Interior as herein provided is authorized to be made available for expenditure by the [Secretary](/usc/16/669a.md?p=5) of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.


## Source credit

(Sept. 2, 1937, ch. 899, § 5, 50 Stat. 918; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 91–503, title I, § 102, Oct. 23, 1970, 84 Stat. 1098; Pub. L. 106–408, title I, § 114, Nov. 1, 2000, 114 Stat. 1769.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Migratory Bird Conservation Act, referred to in text, is act Feb. 18, 1929, ch. 257, 45 Stat. 1222, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 715 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 715 of this title and Tables.

### Amendments

2000—Pub. L. 106–408 in first sentence inserted “, at the time at which a deduction or apportionment is made,” after “certify” and struck out “and executing” after “for administering”.

1970—Pub. L. 91–503 struck out requirement that apportionments be made by February 20 of each year preceding commencement of fiscal year in which funds would be used.

### Executive Documents

### Transfer of Functions

Reorg. Plan No. II of 1939, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, transferred functions of Secretary of Agriculture relating to conservation of wildlife, game, and migratory birds to Secretary of the Interior.