2019 US Code
Title 16 - Conservation
Chapter 59A - Wetlands
Sec. 3956 - General provisions
| 16 U.S.C. § 3956 (2019) |
| §3956. General provisions |
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(a) Additional authority for Corps of Engineers
The Secretary is authorized to carry out projects for the protection, restoration, or enhancement of aquatic and associated ecosystems, including projects for the protection, restoration, or creation of wetlands and coastal ecosystems. In carrying out such projects, the Secretary shall give such projects equal consideration with projects relating to irrigation, navigation, or flood control. (b) StudyThe Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to study the feasibility of modifying the operation of existing navigation and flood control projects to allow for an increase in the share of the Mississippi River flows and sediment sent down the Atchafalaya River for purposes of land building and wetlands nourishment. |
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(Pub. L. 101–646, title III, §307, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4787.) |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 16 - CONSERVATION |
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| Title 16 - CONSERVATION CHAPTER 59A - WETLANDS Sec. 3956 - General provisions |
| section 3956 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
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| standard |
| 104 Stat. 4787 |
| Public Law 101-646 |
