Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§4308 Miscellaneous Provisions
Title 16 › Chapter 63— FEDERAL CAVE RESOURCES PROTECTION › § 4308
Summary
Congress can provide $100,000 to carry out these rules. Land management plans that started before November 18, 1988 do not have to be changed. Money the United States gets from cave-permit fees, bond forfeitures, fines, or penalties must go into a special fund in the Treasury. With Congress’s approval in appropriation Acts, the Secretary can use those funds to improve, repair, restore, or benefit important caves on federal land. The rules do not change mining or mineral leasing laws or valid existing rights.
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Title 16, §4308
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(a)There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000 to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall require the amendment or revision of any land management plan the preparation of which began prior to November 18, 1988.
(c)Any money collected by the United States as permit fees for collection and removal of cave resources; received by the United States as a result of the forfeiture of a bond or other security by a permittee who does not comply with the requirements of such permit issued under section 4306 of this title; or collected by the United States by way of civil penalties or criminal fines for violations of this chapter shall be placed in a special fund in the Treasury. Such moneys shall be available for obligation or expenditure (to the extent provided for in advance in appropriation Acts) as determined by the Secretary for the improved management, benefit, repair, or restoration of significant caves located on Federal lands.
(d)Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to affect the full operation of the mining and mineral leasing laws of the United States, or otherwise affect valid existing rights.
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16 U.S.C. § 4308
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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