16 U.S.C. § 715k–3
Authorization of appropriations for the preservation of wetlands and other waterfowl habitat
United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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- 16 U.S.C. § 715k–3, Authorization of appropriations for the preservation of wetlands and other waterfowl habitat, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/446247
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In order to promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, there is authorized to be appropriated for the period beginning on July 1, 1961, and ending when all amounts authorized to be appropriated have been expended, not to exceed $200,000,000.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Wetlands Loan Extension Act of 1976House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to extend the Wetlands Loan Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to extend the Wetlands Loan Act.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A bill to strengthen certain fish and wildlife laws.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally