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16 U.S.C. 3871f: Critical conservation areas

Created in 2014 by Public Law 99-198. Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 16 U.S.C. 3871b, 16 U.S.C. 3871d, 16 U.S.C. 3871e.

This Congress

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

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(2), added subsec. (a). Former subsec. (a) redesignated (b). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (a)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(1), (3), redesignated subsec. (a) as (b), in heading, substituted "Applications" for "In general", and, in text, substituted "3871d(d)(2)" for "3871d(d)(3)" and "program contracts" for "producer contracts" and inserted "that address 1 or more priority resource co… (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (b)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(1), redesignated subsec. (b) as (c). Former subsec. (c) redesignated (e). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(4)(B), added par. (1). Former par. (1) redesignated (2). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(4)(A), (C), redesignated par. (1) as (2), added subpar. (C), redesignated subpar. (E) as (D), and struck out former subpars. (C) and (D) which read as follows: (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(4)(D), added par. (3) and struck out former par. (3). Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Critical conservation area designations under this section shall expire after 5 years, subject to redesignation, except that the Secretary may withdraw designation… (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(4)(A), redesignated par. (2) as (3). Former par. (3) redesignated (4). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(4)(A), redesignated par. (3) as (4). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (c)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(5), added subsec. (d). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(1), redesignated subsec. (c) as (e). (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(6)(A), substituted "program contract" for "producer contract". (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)
    • Pub. L. 115–334, §2707(6)(B), struck out par. (3). Text read as follows: "For a critical conservation area described in subsection (b)(1)(D), the Secretary may use authorities under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), other than section 14 of … (Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018) Law text · (e)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.