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16 U.S.C. § 3865

Title 16 Chapter 58 Current through PL 119-73 Last updated: March 29, 2026 View on OLRC →
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§ 3865. Establishment and purposes

  • (a) The Secretary shall establish an agricultural conservation easement program for the conservation of eligible land and natural resources through easements or other interests in land.
  • (b) The purposes of the program are to—
    • (1) combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of the wetlands reserve program established under section 3837 1 1 See References in Text note below. of this title, the grassland reserve program established under section 3838n 1 of this title, and the farmland protection program established under section 3838i 1 of this title, as such sections were in effect on the day before February 7, 2014 ;
    • (2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible land;
    • (3) protect the agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values; and
    • (4) protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible land.

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