---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 690b"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "690b"
heading: "Consent of Utah to acquisition of lands for Bear River Refuge; approval of title to lands acquired"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/690b"
units:
  - "Chapter 6 — Game and Bird Preserves; Protection"
---

# §690b. Consent of Utah to acquisition of lands for Bear River Refuge; approval of title to lands acquired


No such [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) shall be acquired by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior unless or until the Legislature of the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) of Utah has consented to the [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) of lands by the United States for use as a refuge for migratory wild fowl, and shall have provided for the use as a refuge for migratory wild fowl by the United States of any lands owned or controlled by the [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) in Bear River Bay, Utah, and vicinity, which the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior may deem necessary for such purpose, and which the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to accept on behalf of the United States; and, except in the case of a lease, no payments shall be made by the United States for any such [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) until title thereto is satisfactory to the Attorney General.


## Source credit

(Apr. 23, 1928, ch. 413, § 3, 45 Stat. 449; 1939 Reorg. Plan No. II, § 4(f), eff. July 1, 1939, 4 F.R. 2731, 53 Stat. 1433.)

## Notes

### 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.