Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§698m Authorization of Appropriations for Big Cypress Preserve and Addition
Title 16 › Chapter 6— GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION › § 698m
Summary
Funds are allowed for Big Cypress: up to $156,700,000 to buy land and $900,000 for development. Florida’s chapter 73–131 donations must be used only to buy land. Up to $49,500,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund may buy land in the Addition and fund its development.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §698m
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(a)Except as provided in subsection (b), there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 698f to 698m–4 of this title, but not to exceed $156,700,000 for the acquisition of lands and interests in lands and not to exceed $900,000 for development. Any funds donated to the United States by the State of Florida pursuant to chapter 73–131 of the Florida statutes shall be used solely for the acquisition of lands and interests in land within the preserve.
(b)There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from the Land and Water Conservation Fund not to exceed $49,500,000 for the acquisition of lands within the Addition. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for development in the Addition.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1988—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–301, § 7(1), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), substituted “Except as provided in subsection (b), there” for “There”, and added subsec. (b). 1978—Pub. L. 95–625 increased land acquisition appropriations authorization to $156,700,000 from $116,000,000.
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 698m
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60