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16 U.S.C. 1461: National Estuarine Research Reserve System

Created in 1972 by Public Law 89-454. Changed by 6 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

6 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 16 U.S.C. 1447c, 16 U.S.C. 1458, 16 U.S.C. 1464, 33 U.S.C. 2901, 42 U.S.C. 7403.

1 part of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce (1).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    1996

    • Pub. L. 104–150 added subpar. (C). Law text · (e)

    1992

    • Pub. L. 102–587, §2205(b)(21), substituted "Research Reserve" for "Reserve Research". · (a)
    • Pub. L. 102–587, §2205(b)(1)(A), substituted "coastal state" for "coastal State" in pars. (1) and (2)(B) and (D). · (b)
    • Pub. L. 102–587, §2205(b)(22), substituted "paragraph (1)" for "subsection (1)". · (c)
    • Pub. L. 102–587, §2205(b)(1)(A), (B), substituted "coastal state" for "coastal State" in par. (1)(A) and (B) and "coastal states" for "coastal States" in par. (2). · (e)

    1990

    • Pub. L. 101–508, §6214(a), substituted "Research Reserve" for "Reserve Research" in section catchline.
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §6214(b), (d), substituted "percent" for "per centum" and "$5,000,000" for "$4,000,000", and struck out "of subsection (e) of this section" after "paragraph (1)(A)(i)". · (e)
    • Pub. L. 101–508, §6214(c), (d), substituted "70 percent" for "50 per centum", struck out "of subsection (e) of this section" after "paragraph (1)(B)" and inserted before period at end "; except that the amount of the financial assistance provided under paragraph (1)(A)(iii) may b… · (e)

    1986

    • Pub. L. 99–272 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: "The Secretary may, in accordance with this section and in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Secretary shall promulgate, make grants to any coastal state for the purpose of—

    1980

    • Pub. L. 96–464, in par. (2), substituted "the preservation of islands, or portions thereof" for "access to public beaches and other public coastal areas of environmental, recreational, historical, esthetic, ecological, or cultural value, and for the preservation of islands"; and in provision follow…

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–370, §12, restructured existing provisions into pars. (1) and (2), inserted purpose of acquiring lands to provide for access to beaches and other coastal areas and for the preservation of islands, and struck out proviso that no Federal funds received pursuant to sections 1454 or 1455 of …

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