2021 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 54 - Resource Conservation
Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 3474 - Conservation incentives landowner education program

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 3474 (2021)
Section Name §3474. Conservation incentives landowner education program
Section Text (a) In general

Not later than 1 year after March 12, 2019, the Secretary shall establish a conservation incentives landowner education program (referred to in this section as the "program").

(b) Purpose of program

The program shall provide information on Federal conservation programs available to landowners interested in undertaking conservation actions on the land of the landowners, including options under each conservation program available to achieve the conservation goals of the program, such as—

(1) fee title land acquisition;

(2) donation; and

(3) perpetual and term conservation easements or agreements.

(c) Availability

The Secretary shall ensure that the information provided under the program is made available to—

(1) interested landowners; and

(2) the public.

(d) Notification

In any case in which the Secretary contacts a landowner directly about participation in a Federal conservation program, the Secretary shall, in writing—

(1) notify the landowner of the program; and

(2) make available information on the conservation program options that may be available to the landowner.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 116–9, title III, §3002, Mar. 12, 2019, 133 Stat. 756.)


Editorial Notes EDITORIAL NOTES CODIFICATION

Section was enacted as part of the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, and not as part of title XV of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 which comprises this chapter.


STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES DEFINITION OF "SECRETARY"

Secretary means the Secretary of the Interior, see section 2 of Pub. L. 116–9, set out as a note under section 1 of this title.

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 54 - RESOURCE CONSERVATION
SUBCHAPTER VI - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 3474 - Conservation incentives landowner education program
Contains section 3474
Date 2021
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 3, 2022
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 133 Stat. 756
Public Law References Public Law 116-9
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