Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§3956 General provisions
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 59A— - WETLANDS › § 3956
Summary
The Secretary may run projects to protect, restore, or create aquatic, wetland, and coastal ecosystems and must treat them the same as irrigation, navigation, or flood‑control projects. The Secretary must study whether changing existing navigation and flood‑control operations can send more Mississippi River flows and sediment down the Atchafalaya River to build land and nourish wetlands.
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Title 16, §3956
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(a)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)The 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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16 U.S.C. § 3956
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73