Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§1310 Authorization of appropriations; maximum amount of payments pursuant to agreements
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 29— - WATER BANK PROGRAM FOR WETLANDS PRESERVATION › § 1310
Summary
Funds may be provided as needed for the program, and the money does not expire at the end of a fiscal year. Through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, the Secretary must not make agreements with owners or operators that require payments over $10,000,000 in any calendar year; after that year the cap is $30,000,000, and no more than 15 percent of annual authorized funds may be used for agreements with owners or operators in any one State.
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Title 16, §1310
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There are hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program authorized by this chapter. In carrying out the program, in each fiscal year through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, the Secretary shall not enter into agreements with owners and operators which would require payments to owners or operators in any calendar year under such agreements in excess of $10,000,000. In carrying out the program, in each fiscal year after the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, the Secretary shall not enter into agreements with owners and operators which would require payments to owners or operators in any calendar year under such agreements in excess of $30,000,000. Not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State.
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1980—Pub. L. 96–182 limited restrictions on Secretary’s authority to enter into agreements in excess of $10,000,000 to each fiscal year through fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, and inserted restrictions relating to agreements in excess of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, and that not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State.
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16 U.S.C. § 1310
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73