Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 29 — Water Bank Program for Wetlands Preservation
§ 1310. Authorization of appropriations; maximum amount of payments pursuant to agreements
Statutory text
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program authorized by this chapter. In carrying out the program, in each fiscal year through the fiscal year ending , the Secretary shall not enter into agreements with owners and operators which would require payments to owners or operators in any calendar year under such agreements in excess of $10,000,000. In carrying out the program, in each fiscal year after the fiscal year ending , the Secretary shall not enter into agreements with owners and operators which would require payments to owners or operators in any calendar year under such agreements in excess of $30,000,000. Not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after the fiscal year ending , may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State.
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.
Water Bank Act
Pub. L. 91–559 § 11 · 84 Stat. 1468
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 1310
Pub. L. 91–559, § 11, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1471
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–559, § 11, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1471Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 11. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated without Appropriation. fiscal year limitation, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the program authorized by this Act. In carrying out the program, the Secretary shall not enter into agreements with owners and operators which would require payments to owners or operators in any calendar year under such agreements in excess of $10,000,000.Pub. L. 96–182 § 4 · 93 Stat. 1317
Inserted · 16 U.S.C. § 1310
Pub. L. 96–182 limited restrictions on Secretary’s authority to enter into agreements in excess of $10,000,000 to each fiscal year through fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, and inserted restrictions relating to agreements in excess of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, and that not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 96–182 limited restrictions on Secretary’s authority to enter into agreements in excess of $10,000,000 to each fiscal year through fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, and inserted restrictions relating to agreements in excess of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, and that not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 1980, may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. Section 11 of the Water Bank Act (16 U.S.C. 1310) is amended by— (1) inserting after “program,” in the second sentence the following: “in each fiscal year through the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980,”; and (2) adding at the end thereof two new sentences as follows: “In carrying out the program, in each fiscal year after the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, the Secretary shall not enter into agreements with owners and operators which would require payments to owners or operators in any calendar year under such agreements in excess of $30,000,000. Not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State.”.
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–182 limited restrictions on Secretary’s authority to enter into agreements in excess of $10,000,000 to each fiscal year through fiscal year ending , and inserted restrictions relating to agreements in excess of $30,000,000 for each fiscal year after fiscal year ending , and that not more than 15 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated in any fiscal year after fiscal year ending , may be used for agreements entered into with owners or operators in any one State.
Credits
1970–1980 · 2 acts
- 1970Pub. L. 91–559, § 11, , 84 Stat. 1471
- 1980Pub. L. 96–182, § 4, , 93 Stat. 1317.
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(Pub. L. 91–559, § 11, , 84 Stat. 1471; Pub. L. 96–182, § 4, , 93 Stat. 1317.)