2021 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 58 - Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation and Reserve Program
Subchapter VII - Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
Sec. 3865 - Establishment and purposes
| 16 U.S.C. § 3865 (2021) |
| §3865. Establishment and purposes |
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(a) Establishment
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. (b) PurposesThe purposes of the program are to— (1) 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; (2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible land; (3) 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 (4) protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible land. |
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(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.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 3837, 3838n, and 3838i of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), were repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title II, §§2703(a), 2704(a), 2705(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 767, 768. AMENDMENTS2018—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 115–334, §2601(1), inserted "that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values" after "uses of that land". Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, §2601(2), substituted "restoring or conserving" for "restoring and conserving". |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Bills and Statutes |
| United States Code |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 58 - ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM SUBCHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM Sec. 3865 - Establishment and purposes |
| section 3865 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| No |
| standard |
| 128 Stat. 731, 767 132 Stat. 4585 |
| Public Law 99-198, Public Law 113-79, Public Law 115-334 |
