Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§1003a Cost Share Assistance
Title 16 › Chapter 18— WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVENTION › § 1003a
Summary
The Secretary can help pay part of the cost so project sponsors can buy permanent conservation easements on wetlands and floodplains. Those easements must protect, restore, and improve the land’s natural ability to hold floodwater, help water quality and quantity, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. For watershed projects, sponsors must pay up to 50 percent of the easement purchase cost.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §1003a
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(a)The Secretary may provide cost share assistance to project sponsors to enable such sponsors to acquire perpetual wetland or floodplain conservation easements to perpetuate, restore and enhance the natural capability of wetlands and floodplains to retain excessive floodwaters, improve water quality and quantity, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife.
(b)The Secretary shall require that project sponsors of watershed projects provide up to 50 percent of the cost of acquiring easements under subsection (a).
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Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 1003a
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60