Title 16 › CHAPTER 26 — ESTUARINE AREAS › § 1225
The Secretary of the Interior must encourage States and local governments to include estuary protection and restoration in their planning and in grant applications under several federal wildlife and fisheries funding laws (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.; chapter 2003 of title 54; 16 U.S.C. 779 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 757a et seq.). When a grant under those laws is approved to buy all or part of an estuary, the Secretary must set terms to keep the area protected permanently. Those terms must say the land or any interest in it cannot be sold, leased, donated, or exchanged without the Secretary’s prior approval.
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16 U.S.C. § 1225
Title 16, Conservation
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Sep 23, 2026
Release point: 119-110