2016 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 58 - Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation and Reserve Program
Subchapter VIII - Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Sec. 3871 - Establishment and purposes
| 16 U.S.C. § 3871 (2016) |
| §3871. Establishment and purposes |
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(a) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish a regional conservation partnership program to implement eligible activities on eligible land through— (1) partnership agreements with eligible partners; and (2) contracts with producers. The purposes of the program are as follows: (1) To use covered programs to accomplish purposes and functions similar to those of the following programs, as in effect on the day before February 7, 2014: (A) The agricultural water enhancement program established under section 3839aa–9 1 of this title. (B) The Chesapeake Bay watershed program established under section 3839bb–4 1 of this title. (C) The cooperative conservation partnership initiative established under section 3843 1 of this title. (D) The Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control established under section 3839bb–3 1 of this title. (2) To further the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale. (3) To encourage eligible partners to cooperate with producers in— (A) meeting or avoiding the need for national, State, and local natural resource regulatory requirements related to production on eligible land; and (B) implementing projects that will result in the installation and maintenance of eligible activities that affect multiple agricultural or nonindustrial private forest operations on a local, regional, State, or multistate basis. |
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(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, §1271, as added Pub. L. 113–79, title II, §2401, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 744.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 3839aa–9, 3839bb–3, 3839bb–4, and 3843 of this title, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), were repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title II, §§2706(a), 2708, 2709(a), 2710(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 768, 770. |
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1 See References in Text note below. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, 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 VIII - REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM Sec. 3871 - Establishment and purposes |
| section 3871 |
| 2016 |
| January 6, 2017 |
| No |
| standard |
| 128 Stat. 744, 768 |
| Public Law 99-198, Public Law 113-79 |
