---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 718i"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "718i"
heading: "Use of contest fees"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/718i"
units:
  - "Chapter 7 — Protection of Migratory Game and Insectivorous Birds"
  - "Subchapter IV — Hunting and Conservation Stamp Tax"
---

# §718i. Use of contest fees


Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds received by the United States [Fish and Wildlife](/usc/16/3102.md?p=17) Service in the form of fees for entering any Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp contest shall be credited—

- (1) first, to the appropriation account from which expenditures for the administration of the contest are made; and
- (2) second, to the extent any funds remain, to the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.

## Source credit

(Mar. 16, 1934, ch. 71, § 9, as added Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(h), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 678.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 9 of act Mar. 16, 1934, was classified to section 718 of this title prior to repeal by Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(h), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 677.

A prior section 718i, act June 28, 1941, ch. 259, § 1, 55 Stat. 356, related to disposal of surplus stamps and restricted use of stamps to the fiscal year for which issued prior to repeal by act July 30, 1956, ch. 782, § 3(d), formerly § 3(c), 70 Stat. 722, renumbered Pub. L. 109–266, § 10(i)(1), Aug. 3, 2006, 120 Stat. 679.