(a) The Legislature of the Virgin Islands hereby—
(1) accepts the provisions of “an Act to Provide that the United States shall Aid the States in Wildlife Restoration Projects, and for Other Purposes”, Act of Congress, September 2, 1937, chapter 899, 50 Stat. 917 (16 U.S.C. § 669 et seq.); and
(2) authorizes the Commissioner to secure any or all benefits available under such Act through wildlife restoration projects.
(b) As used in this section, “wildlife restoration projects” means and includes—
(1) the selection, restoration, rehabilitation, and improvement of areas of land or water adaptable as feeding, resting, or breeding places for wildlife;
(2) the acquisition by purchase, condemnation, lease or gift of areas, estates or interests therein suitable or capable of being made suitable for such purposes;
(3) the construction on or in such areas of works necessary to make them available for such purposes;
(4) research into problems of wildlife management necessary to the efficient administration of wildlife resources;
(5) any preliminary and incidental costs and expenses incurred in and about such projects; and
(6) the restocking of areas with carefully selected species of game approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
(c) The Commissioner shall have all the powers and duties conferred by the Act referred to in subsection (a) of this section on State fish and game departments.