§ 3955. — Distribution of appropriations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC3955]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 59A--WETLANDS
Sec. 3955. Distribution of appropriations
(a) Priority project and conservation planning expenditures
Of the total amount appropriated during a given fiscal year to carry
out this chapter, 70 percent, not to exceed $70,000,000, shall be
available, and shall remain available until expended, for the purposes
of making expenditures--
(1) not to exceed the aggregate amount of $5,000,000 annually to
assist the Task Force in the preparation of the list required under
this chapter and the plan required under this chapter, including
preparation of--
(A) preliminary assessments;
(B) general or site-specific inventories;
(C) reconnaissance, engineering or other studies;
(D) preliminary design work; and
(E) such other studies as may be necessary to identify and
evaluate the feasibility of coastal wetland restoration
projects;
(2) to carry out coastal wetlands restoration projects in
accordance with the priorities set forth on the list prepared under
this chapter;
(3) to carry out wetlands restoration projects in accordance
with the priorities set forth in the restoration plan prepared under
this chapter;
(4) to make grants not to exceed $2,500,000 annually or
$10,000,000 in total, to assist the agency designated by the State
in development of the Coastal Wetlands Conservation Plan pursuant to
this chapter.
(b) Coastal wetlands conservation grants
Of the total amount appropriated during a given fiscal year to carry
out this chapter, 15 percent, not to exceed $15,000,000 shall be
available, and shall remain available to the Director, for purposes of
making grants--
(1) to any coastal State, except States eligible to receive
funding under subsection (a) of this section, to carry out coastal
wetlands conservation projects in accordance with section 3954 of
this title; and
(2) in the amount of $2,500,000 in total for an assessment of
the status, condition, and trends of wetlands in the State of Texas.
(c) North American wetlands conservation
Of the total amount appropriated during a given fiscal year to carry
out this chapter, 15 percent, not to exceed $15,000,000, shall be
available to, and shall remain available until expended by, the
Secretary of the Interior for allocation to carry out wetlands
conservation projects in coastal wetlands ecosystems in any coastal
State under section 4407 of this title.
(Pub. L. 101-646, title III, Sec. 306, Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4786;
Pub. L. 103-375, Sec. 5, Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3495.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-375 inserted ``in coastal wetlands
ecosystems'' after ``wetlands conservation projects''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 3952, 3953, 3954 of this
title.
