§ 1003a. Cost share assistance

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1990

   Conservation Program Improvements Act

   Pub. L. 101–624 title XIV § 1462 · 104 Stat. 3359

   Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1003a

   (Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 3A, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1462, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3615.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Aug. 4, 1954, ch. 656, § 3A, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1462, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3615.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 1462. COST SHARE ASSISTANCE. The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 3 the following new section: “SEC. 3A. COST SHARE ASSISTANCE. “(a) Easements.— The Secretary may provide cost share assistance to project sponsors to enable such sponsors to acquire perpetual wetland or floodplain conservation easements to perpetuate, restore and enhance the natural capability of wetlands and floodplains to retain excessive floodwaters, improve water quality and quantity, and provide habitat for fish and wildlife. “(b) Amount.— The Secretary shall require that project sponsors of watershed projects provide up to 50 percent of the cost of acquiring easements under subsection (a).”.

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