---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 935"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "935"
heading: "Acquisition of real property; construction and operation of lamprey control works; entry into agreements for construction and operation of works"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/935"
units:
  - "Chapter 15A — Great Lakes Fisheries"
---

# §935. Acquisition of real property; construction and operation of lamprey control works; entry into agreements for construction and operation of works


In order to carry out the obligations of the United States under the [Convention](/usc/16/931.md?p=a), the [United States Section](/usc/16/931.md?p=c) is authorized—

- (a) to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) any real property, or any interest therein, by purchase, exchange, gift, dedication, condemnation, or otherwise;
- (b) to construct, operate, and maintain any [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) or works designed to facilitate compliance with the provisions of the [Convention](/usc/16/931.md?p=a) relating to the sea lamprey control program; and
- (c) to enter into contract or agreement with any [State](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) or other public agency or private agency or individual for the construction, operation, or maintenance of any such [project](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) or works.

## Source credit

(June 4, 1956, ch. 358, § 6, 70 Stat. 243.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### United States Fish and Wildlife Service; Work on Sea Lamprey Program; Reimbursements

Pub. L. 101–512, title I, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1918, provided in part that: “beginning October 1, 1990, and thereafter, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service can perform work for the Great Lakes Fishery Commission, authorized by 16 U.S.C. 931–939c, Great Lakes Fisheries [Fishery] Act of 1956, on the sea lamprey program on a reimbursable basis: Provided further, That such reimbursements are to be treated as Intragovernmental funds as defined in the publication titled ‘A Glossary of Terms Used in the Federal Budget Process’.”