Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102

§8301 Purpose

Title 16 › CHAPTER 102 — COASTAL HABITAT CONSERVATION › § 8301

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allows the Service's Coastal Program (as of December 11, 2024) to plan and carry out coastal habitat projects in priority coastal landscapes to conserve and recover Federal trust species.

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Title 16, §8301

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The purpose of this chapter is to legislatively authorize the Coastal Program of the Service in effect as of December 11, 2024, to conduct collaborative landscape-level planning and on-the-ground coastal habitat assessment, coastal habitat protection, coastal habitat restoration, and coastal habitat enhancement projects in priority coastal landscapes to conserve and recover Federal trust species.

Legislative History

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Short Title

Pub. L. 118–138, § 1, Dec. 11, 2024, 138 Stat. 1651, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023’.”

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 8301

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102