2014 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation (Sections 1 - 7304)
Chapter 58 - Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation and Reserve Program (Sections 3801 - 3871f)
Subchapter VII - Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (Sections 3865 - 3865d)
Sec. 3865 - Establishment and purposes
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 58 - ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM SUBCHAPTER VII - AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM Sec. 3865 - Establishment and purposes |
| Contains | section 3865 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| 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. |
| Statutes at Large References | 128 Stat. 731, 767 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 99-198, Public Law 113-79 |
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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.
(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; and
(4) protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring and conserving eligible land.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, §1265, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, §2301(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 731.)
REFERENCES IN TEXTSections 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 (b)(1), were repealed by Pub.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.
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