16 U.S.C. § 3865 — Establishment and purposes
submitted 12 years ago by Pub. L. 99-198 to r/title-16-CONSERVATION · 151 words · no verdicts yet
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The Secretary shall establish an agricultural conservation easement program* for the conservation of eligible land* and natural resources through easements or other interests in land.
The purposes of the program are to—
combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of the wetlands reserve program established under section 3837 1 of this title, the grassland reserve program established under section 3838n 1 of this title, and the farmland protection program established under section 3838i 1 of this title, as such sections were in effect on the day before February 7, 2014;
restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible land;
protect the agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values; and
protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible land.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1265, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, § 2301(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 731; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2601, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4585.)
- 2014Enacted · Pub. L. 99-198 · 128 Stat. 731
- 2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-334 · 132 Stat. 4585
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 99-198 on 2014-02-07.
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