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§2204 Funding and administration

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 42— - EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM › § 2204

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Money may be provided as needed to carry out the law, and it stays available until spent. For each fiscal year, 25% of those funds must be held back until April 1 of that year for fixing or replacing fences. The Secretary may use the Commodity Credit Corporation’s facilities, services, and powers to help run the program. The Commodity Credit Corporation may not spend money for this law unless specific appropriated funds are first transferred to it.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §2204

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(a)There are authorized to be appropriated such funds as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, to remain available until expended.
(b)Of the amounts made available under subsection (a) for a fiscal year, 25 percent shall be set aside until April 1 of that fiscal year for the repair or replacement of fencing.
(c)In implementing this chapter, the Secretary may use the facilities, services, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
(d)The Commodity Credit Corporation shall not make any expenditures to carry out the provisions of this chapter unless funds specifically appropriated for such purpose have been transferred to it.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

2018—Pub. L. 115–334, § 2403(e), inserted section catchline; designated first, third, and fourth sentences as subsecs. (a), (c), and (d), respectively, and inserted headings; in subsec. (a), inserted “, to remain available until expended” before period at end; in subsec. (c), substituted “In implementing this chapter” for “In implementing the provisions of this chapter”; in subsec. (d), substituted “The Commodity Credit Corporation” for “The Corporation”; added subsec. (b); and struck out former second sentence which read as follows: “Such funds shall remain available until expended.” Pub. L. 115–334, § 2403(a)(2)(A), substituted “Secretary” for“Secretary of Agriculture” in third sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 406 of Pub. L. 95–334, set out as a note under section 2201 of this title.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 2204

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73