Title 16 — Conservation
Chapter 59 — Wetlands Resources
§ 3923. Restriction on use of eminent domain in acquisitions
Statutory text
The powers of condemnation or eminent domain shall not be used in the acquisition of wetlands under any provision of this chapter where such wetlands have been constructed for the purpose of farming or ranching, or result from conservation activities associated with farming or ranching.
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.
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986
Pub. L. 99–645 title III § 305 · 100 Stat. 3582
Enacted · 16 U.S.C. § 3923
(Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 305. RESTRICTION ON USE OF EMINENT DOMAIN IN ACQUISITIONS. The powers of condemnation or eminent domain shall not be used in the acquisition of wetlands under any provision of this Act where such wetlands have been constructed for the purpose of farming or Agriculture and agricultural commodities. ranching, or result from conservation activities associated with farming or ranching.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 99–645, , 100 Stat. 3582, known as the Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 3901 of this title and Tables.