--- kind: "range" citation: "16 U.S.C. §§ 690–690i" title: "16" from: "690" to: "690i" count: 10 release: "119-102" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/690..690i" --- # §690. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge; establishment; acquisition of lands The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to construct, at Bear River Bay and vicinity, Utah, such dikes, ditches, spillways, buildings, and improvements as may be necessary, in his judgment, for the establishment of a suitable refuge and feeding and breeding grounds for migratory wild fowl; also to [acquire](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1), by purchase, gift, or lease, water rights and privately owned lands, including the improvements thereon, deemed necessary by him for the purpose, or, in lieu of purchase, to compensate any [owner](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) for any damage sustained by reason of the submergence of his lands. # §690a. Maintenance of lands acquired as refuge and breeding place for migratory birds Such lands, when acquired in accordance with the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title, together with such lands of the United States as may be designated for the purpose by proclamations or Executive orders of the President, shall constitute the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge and shall be maintained as a refuge and breeding place for migratory birds included in the terms of the convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916. # §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/16/6456.md?p=2) 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/16/6456.md?p=2) 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. # §690c. Existence of easements, reservations, or exceptions as barring acquisition of lands The existence of a right-of-way easement or other reservation or exception in respect of such [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) shall not be a bar to its [acquisition](/usc/16/620e.md?p=1) (1) if the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior determines that any such reservation or exception will in no manner interfere with the use of the [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) for the purposes of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title, or (2) if in the deed or other conveyance it is stipulated that any reservation or exception in respect of such [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A), in favor of the [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) from whom the United States receives title, shall be subject to regulations prescribed under authority of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title. # §690d. Injuries to property on Bear River Refuge; disturbance of birds, etc.; violation of regulations for use of refuge No [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) shall take, injure, or disturb any bird, or nest or egg thereof, or injure or destroy any notice, signboard, fence, dike, ditch, dam, spillway, improvement, or other property of the United States on any [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) acquired or received under [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title, or remove therefrom or cut, burn, injure, or destroy any grass or other natural growth thereon, or enter, use, or occupy the refuge for any purpose, except in accordance with regulations prescribed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior: Provided, That at no time shall less than 60 per centum of the total acreage of the said refuge be maintained as an inviolate sanctuary for such migratory birds. # §690e. Enforcement of laws and regulations; warrants and processes; jurisdiction of courts; forfeiture of property captured, injured, killed or removed - (a) **Arrests and warrants—** Any employee of the Department of the Interior authorized by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior to enforce the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title (1) shall have power, without warrant, to arrest any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) committing in the presence of such employee a [violation](/usc/16/620e.md?p=11) of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, and to take such [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) immediately for examination or trial before an officer or court of competent jurisdiction, and (2) shall have power to execute any warrant or other process issued by an officer or court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of said sections or regulations made pursuant thereto. Any judge of a court established under the laws of the United States, or any United States magistrate judge may, within his respective jurisdiction, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. - (b) **Seizures and forfeitures—** All birds or animals, or parts thereof, captured, injured, or killed, and all grass and other natural growths, and nests and eggs of birds removed contrary to the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title or any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall, when found by such employee or by any marshal or deputy marshal, be summarily seized by him, and upon conviction of the offender or upon judgment of a court of the United States that the same were captured, killed, taken, or removed contrary to the provisions of [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title or of any regulation made pursuant thereto, shall be forfeited to the United States and disposed of as directed by the [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior, in accordance with law. # §690f. Expenditures by Secretary of the Interior for construction, maintenance, etc., of Bear River Refuge; employment of necessary means to execute functions imposed on him The [Secretary](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-1) of the Interior is authorized to make such expenditures for construction, equipment, maintenance, repairs, and improvements, including necessary investigations, and expenditures for personal services and office expenses at the seat of government and elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this section or [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time. # §690g. Violation of laws and regulations; penalties Any [person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b) who shall violate or fail to comply with any provision of, or any regulation made pursuant to [sections 690d to 690i](/usc/16/690d..690i.md) of this title shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. # §690h. “Person” defined As used in [sections 690 to 690i](/usc/16/690..690i.md) of this title the term “[person](/usc/16/450rr–1.md?p=b)” includes an individual, [partnership](/usc/16/8202.md?p=7), association, or corporation. # [§690i. Omitted — omitted]