2016 US Code
Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters
Chapter 36 - Water Resources Development
Subchapter V - General Provisions
Sec. 2285 - Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund

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Citation 33 U.S.C. § 2285 (2016)
Section Name §2285. Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund
Section Text

There is established an Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund. There is authorized to be appropriated to such fund $35,000,000 for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986. Amounts in the fund 1 shall be available for undertaking, in advance of construction of any water resources project authorized to be constructed by the Secretary, such measures authorized as part of such project, including the acquisition of lands and interests therein, as may be necessary to ensure that project-induced losses to fish and wildlife production and habitat will be mitigated. The Secretary shall reimburse the Fund for any amounts expended under this section for a water resources project from the first appropriations made for construction, including planning and designing, of such project.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, §908, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4188.)

Footnotes

1 So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 33 - NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 36 - WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER V - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2285 - Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund
Contains section 2285
Date 2016
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 6, 2017
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large Reference 100 Stat. 4188
Public Law References Public Law 99-662
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