Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§1456d Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 33— - COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT › § 1456d
Summary
The Secretary must create a program to protect valuable or at-risk coastal and estuarine lands. Guidelines are due September 30, 2002. Grants are made with State coastal managers’ input, based on need and ability to attract other money, prioritize well-managed, high-ecological-value lands, and require a 100 percent match from other sources.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §1456d
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The Secretary shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses: Provided further, That by September 30, 2002, the Secretary shall issue guidelines for this program delineating the criteria for grant awards: Provided further, That the Secretary shall distribute these funds in consultation with the States’ Coastal Zone Managers’ or Governors’ designated representatives based on demonstrated need and ability to successfully leverage funds, and shall give priority to lands which can be effectively managed and protected and which have significant ecological value: Provided further, That grants funded under this program shall require a 100 percent match from other sources.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and also as part of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and not as part of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Similar Provisions Pub. L. 108–7, div. B, title II, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 75, provided in part: “That the Secretary shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses”.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 1456d
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73