PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

Each year the Secretary must divide the money available for wetlands work. Between 30% and 60% must be set aside for approved projects in Canada and Mexico, and the Secretary may take up to 4% of that set-aside to pay admin costs. The rest, which must be at least 40% and no more than 70%, goes to approved projects in the United States. For each approved project the Secretary must require non-Federal sources to pay at least as much as the Federal money used for that project, unless the project is on Federal lands or waters, where Federal money may pay 100% of costs. The non-Federal share can’t come from other Federal grants. For projects in Canada or Mexico, non-U.S. cash can count toward the non-Federal share; for projects in Canada, Canadian funds can make up to 50% of that non-Federal share. The Secretary may pay projects as they progress, but total Federal payments can’t exceed the agreed Federal share. The Secretary can agree to pay part now and part later only if future funds actually become available.

Title 16, §4407

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(a)Allocations

Of the sums available to the Secretary for any fiscal year under this chapter and section 669b(b) of this title—

(1)such percentage of that sum (but at least 30 percent and not more than 60 percent) as is considered appropriate by the Secretary, which can be matched with non-Federal moneys in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, less such amount (but not more than 4 percent of such percentage) considered necessary by the Secretary to defray the costs of administering this chapter during such fiscal year, shall be allocated by the Secretary to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects in Canada and Mexico in accordance with section 4405(b) of this title; and

(2)the remainder of such sum after paragraph (1) is applied (but at least 40 percent and not more than 70 percent), which can be matched with non-Federal moneys in accordance with the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, shall be allocated by the Secretary to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects in the United States in accordance with section 4405(a) of this title.

(b)Cost sharing

(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), as a condition of providing assistance under this chapter for any approved wetlands conservation project, the Secretary shall require that the portion of the costs of the project paid with amounts provided by non-Federal United States sources is equal to at least the amount allocated under subsection (a) that is used for the project.

(2)Federal moneys allocated under subsection (a) may be used to pay 100 percent of the costs of such projects located on Federal lands and waters, including the acquisition of inholdings within such lands and waters.

(3)The non-Federal share of the United States contribution to the costs of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs. In the case of a project carried out in Canada or Mexico, the non-Federal share of the costs of the project may include cash contributions from non-United States sources that are used to pay costs of the project. In the case of a project carried out in Canada, funds from Canadian sources may comprise up to 50 percent of the non-Federal share of the costs of the project.

(c)Partial payments

(1)The Secretary may from time to time make payments to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects as such projects progress, but such payments, including previous payments, if any, shall not be more than the Federal pro rata share of any such project in conformity with subsection (b) of this section.

(2)The Secretary may enter into agreements to make payments on an initial portion of an approved wetlands conservation project and to agree to make payments on the remaining Federal share of the costs of such project from subsequent allocations if and when they become available. The liability of the United States under such an agreement is contingent upon the continued availability of funds for the purposes of this chapter.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 111–149 amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “The non-Federal share of the United States contribution to the costs of such projects may not be derived from Federal grant programs. In the case of a project carried out in Mexico, the non-Federal share of the United States contribution to the costs of the project may include cash contributions from non-United States sources that are used to pay costs of the project.” 2002—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107–308, § 6(1), substituted “(but at least 30 percent and not more than 60 percent)” for “(but at least 50 per centum and not more than 70 per centum thereof)” and “4 percent” for “4 per centum”. Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 107–308, § 6(2), substituted “(but at least 40 percent and not more than 70 percent)” for “(but at least 30 per centum and not more than 50 per centum thereof)”. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 107–308, § 7, substituted heading for former heading, substituted pars. (1) and (2) for first sentence which read as follows: “The Federal moneys allocated under subsection (a) of this section for any fiscal year to carry out approved wetlands conservation projects shall be used for the payment of not to exceed 50 per centum of the total United States contribution to the costs of such projects, or may be used for payment of 100 per centum of the costs of such projects located on Federal lands and waters, including the acquisition of inholdings within such lands and waters.”, and designated second and third sentences as par. (3). 1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–375 inserted at end “In the case of a project carried out in Mexico, the non-Federal share of the United States contribution to the costs of the project may include cash contributions from non-United States sources that are used to pay costs of the project.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 Amendment Pub. L. 111–149, § 1(b), Mar. 25, 2010, 124 Stat. 1025, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to any approved and active wetlands conservation project (as that term is used in section 8(b)(1) of such Act [16 U.S.C. 4407(b)(1)]) carried out with assistance provided under such Act [Pub. L. 101–233, 16 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.], including such a project approved before the date of the enactment of this Act [Mar. 25, 2010].”

§4407 Allocation of Amounts Available to Carry Out This Chapter