2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 59A - Wetlands
Sec. 3955 - Distribution of appropriations

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Citation 16 U.S.C. § 3955 (2019)
Section Name §3955. Distribution of appropriations
Section Text (a) Priority project and conservation planning expenditures

Of the total amount appropriated during a given fiscal year to carry out this chapter, 70 percent shall be available, and shall remain available until expended, for the purposes of making expenditures—

(1) not to exceed the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 annually to assist the Task Force in the preparation of the list required under this chapter and the plan required under this chapter, including preparation of—

(A) preliminary assessments;

(B) general or site-specific inventories;

(C) reconnaissance, engineering or other studies;

(D) preliminary design work; and

(E) such other studies as may be necessary to identify and evaluate the feasibility of coastal wetland restoration projects;


(2) to carry out coastal wetlands restoration projects in accordance with the priorities set forth on the list prepared under this chapter;

(3) to carry out wetlands restoration projects in accordance with the priorities set forth in the restoration plan prepared under this chapter;

(4) to make grants not to exceed $2,500,000 annually or $10,000,000 in total, to assist the agency designated by the State in development of the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan pursuant to this chapter.

(b) Coastal wetlands conservation grants

Of the total amount appropriated during a given fiscal year to carry out this chapter, 15 percent shall be available, and shall remain available to the Director, for purposes of making grants—

(1) to any coastal State, except States eligible to receive funding under subsection (a), to carry out coastal wetlands conservation projects in accordance with section 3954 of this title; and

(2) in the amount of $2,500,000 in total for an assessment of the status, condition, and trends of wetlands in the State of Texas.

(c) North American wetlands conservation

Of the total amount appropriated during a given fiscal year to carry out this chapter, 15 percent shall be available to, and shall remain available until expended by, the Secretary of the Interior for allocation to carry out wetlands conservation projects in coastal wetlands ecosystems in any coastal State under section 4407 of this title.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 101–646, title III, §306, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4786; Pub. L. 103–375, §5, Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3495; Pub. L. 108–447, div. C, title I, §114(a), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2944.)

Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS

2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–447, §114(a)(1), struck out ", not to exceed $70,000,000," before "shall be available" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 108–447, §114(a)(2), struck out ", not to exceed $15,000,000" before "shall be available" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 108–447, §114(a)(3), struck out ", not to exceed $15,000,000," before "shall be available".

1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–375 inserted "in coastal wetlands ecosystems" after "wetlands conservation projects".

Publication Title United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION
Category Bills and Statutes
Collection United States Code
SuDoc Class Number Y 1.2/5:
Contained Within Title 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 59A - WETLANDS
Sec. 3955 - Distribution of appropriations
Contains section 3955
Date 2019
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 24, 2020
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 104 Stat. 4786
108 Stat. 3495
118 Stat. 2944
Public Law References Public Law 101-646, Public Law 103-375, Public Law 108-447
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