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16 U.S.C. § 8201 — Purpose
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The purpose of this chapter is to encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested persons to promote fish conservation—
(1) to achieve measurable habitat conservation results through strategic actions of Fish Habitat Partnerships that lead to better fish habitat conditions and increased fishing opportunities by—
(A) improving ecological conditions;
(B) restoring natural processes; or
(C) preventing the decline of intact and healthy systems;
(2) to establish a consensus set of national conservation strategies as a framework to guide future actions and investment by Fish Habitat Partnerships;
(3) to broaden the community of support for fish habitat conservation by—
(A) increasing fishing opportunities;
(B) fostering the participation of local communities, especially young people in local communities, in conservation activities; and
(C) raising public awareness of the role healthy fish habitat play in the quality of life and economic well-being of local communities;
(4) to fill gaps in the National Fish Habitat Assessment and the associated database of the National Fish Habitat Assessment—
(A) to empower strategic conservation actions supported by broadly available scientific information; and
(B) to integrate socioeconomic data in the analysis to improve the lives of humans in a manner consistent with fish habitat conservation goals; and
(5) to communicate to the public and conservation partners—
(A) the conservation outcomes produced collectively by Fish Habitat Partnerships; and
(B) new opportunities and voluntary approaches for conserving fish habitat.
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The purpose of this chapter is to encourage partnerships among public agencies and other interested persons to promote fish conservation—
(1) to achieve measurable habitat conservation results through strategic actions of Fish Habitat Partnerships that lead to better fish habitat conditions and increased fishing opportunities by—
(A) improving ecological conditions;
(B) restoring natural processes; or
(C) preventing the decline of intact and healthy systems;
(2) to establish a consensus set of national conservation strategies as a framework to guide future actions and investment by Fish Habitat Partnerships;
(3) to broaden the community of support for fish habitat conservation by—
(A) increasing fishing opportunities;
(B) fostering the participation of local communities, especially young people in local communities, in conservation activities; and
(C) raising public awareness of the role healthy fish habitat play in the quality of life and economic well-being of local communities;
(4) to fill gaps in the National Fish Habitat Assessment and the associated database of the National Fish Habitat Assessment—
(A) to empower strategic conservation actions supported by broadly available scientific information; and
(B) to integrate socioeconomic data in the analysis to improve the lives of humans in a manner consistent with fish habitat conservation goals; and
(5) to communicate to the public and conservation partners—
(A) the conservation outcomes produced collectively by Fish Habitat Partnerships; and
(B) new opportunities and voluntary approaches for conserving fish habitat.
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It is declared that it is a national policy to preserve for public use historic sites, buildings, and objects of national significance for the inspiration and benefit of the people of the United States.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) **Administrative cost** — The term “administrative cost” means the cost of salaries and fringe benefits incurred in administering a grant under this section.
(2) **Chesapeake Bay Agreement** — The term “Chesapeake Bay Agreement” means the formal, voluntary agreements executed to achieve the goal of restoring and protecting the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and the living resources of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and signed by the Chesapeake Executive Council.
(3) **Chesapeake Bay ecosystem** — The term “Chesapeake Bay ecosystem” means the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
(4) **Chesapeake Bay Program** — The term “Chesapeake Bay Program” means the program directed by the Chesapeake Executive Council in accordance with the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
(5) **Chesapeake Executive Council** — The term “Chesapeake Executive Council” means the signatories to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
(6) **Signatory jurisdiction** — The term “signatory jurisdiction” means a jurisdiction of a signatory to the Chesapeake Bay Agreement.
**(b) Continuation of Chesapeake Bay Program**
(1) **In general** — In cooperation with the Chesapeake Executive Council (and as a member of the Council), the Administrator shall continue the Chesapeake Bay Program.
(2) **Program Office**
(A) *In general* — The Administrator shall maintain in the Environmental Protection Agency a Chesapeake Bay Program Office.
(B) *Function* — The Chesapeake Bay Program Office shall provide support to the Chesapeake Executive Council by—
(i) implementing and coordinating science, research, modeling, support services, monitoring, data collection, and other activities that support the Chesapeake Bay Program;
(ii) developi
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds that—
(1) human beings and the environment are being exposed each year to a large number of chemical substances and mixtures;
(2) among the many chemical substances and mixtures which are constantly being developed and produced, there are some whose manufacture, processing, distribution in commerce, use, or disposal may present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment; and
(3) the effective regulation of interstate commerce in such chemical substances and mixtures also necessitates the regulation of intrastate commerce in such chemical substances and mixtures.
**(b) Policy** It is the policy of the United States that—
(1) adequate information should be developed with respect to the effect of chemical substances and mixtures on health and the environment and that the development of such information should be the responsibility of those who manufacture and those who process such chemical substances and mixtures;
(2) adequate authority should exist to regulate chemical substances and mixtures which present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment, and to take action with respect to chemical substances and mixtures which are imminent hazards; and
(3) authority over chemical substances and mixtures should be exercised in such a manner as not to impede unduly or create unnecessary economic barriers to technological innovation while fulfilling the primary purpose of this chapter to assure that such innovation and commerce in such chemical substances and mixtures do not present an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.
**(c) Intent of Congress** It is the intent of Congress that the Administrator shall carry out this chapter in a reasonable and prudent manner, and that the Admin
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**(a) In general** The Foundation—
(1) shall have perpetual succession;
(2) may conduct business throughout the several States, territories, and possessions of the United States and abroad;
(3) shall have its principal offices in the District of Columbia or in a county in the State of Maryland or Virginia that borders on the District of Columbia; and
(4) shall at all times maintain a designated agent authorized to accept service of process for the Foundation.
The serving of notice to, or service of process upon, the agent required under paragraph (4), or mailed to the business address of such agent, shall be deemed as service upon or notice to the Foundation.
**(b) Seal** The Foundation shall have an official seal selected by the Board which shall be judicially noticed.
**(c) Powers**
(1) **In general** — To carry out the purposes described in [section 3701 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3701&num=0&edition=prelim), the Foundation shall have, in addition to the powers otherwise given it under this chapter, the usual powers of a corporation acting as a trustee in the District of Columbia, including the power—
(A) to accept, receive, solicit, hold, administer and use any gift, devise, or bequest, either absolutely or in trust, of real or personal property or any income therefrom or other interest therein;
(B) to acquire by purchase or exchange any real or personal property or interest therein, subject to subsection (e);
(C) to invest any funds provided to the Foundation by the Federal Government in obligations of the United States or in obligations or securities that are guaranteed or insured by the United States;
(D) to deposit any funds provided to the Foundation by the Federal Government into
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) **In general** — There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030—
(A) $15,000,000 to the Secretary of the Interior;
(B) $5,000,000 to the Secretary of Agriculture; and
(C) $5,000,000 to the Secretary of Commerce.
(2) **Requirement of advance payment** — The amount made available for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the Foundation in an advance payment of the entire amount on October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, of the fiscal year.
(3) **Use of appropriated funds** — Subject to paragraph (4), amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall be provided to the Foundation for use for matching, on a 1-to-1 basis, contributions (whether in currency, services, or property) made to the Foundation, or to a recipient of a grant provided by the Foundation, by private persons and State and local government agencies.
(4) **Prohibition on use for administrative expenses** — No Federal funds made available under paragraph (1) shall be used by the Foundation for administrative expenses of the Foundation, including for salaries, travel and transportation expenses, and other overhead expenses.
**(b) Additional authorization**
(1) **Amounts from Federal agencies**
(A) *In general* — In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), Federal departments, agencies, or instrumentalities are authorized to provide funds to the Foundation through Federal financial assistance grants, cooperative agreements, participating agreements, and similar instruments used for providing partnership funds, subject to the condition that the amounts are used for purposes that further the conservation and management of fish, wildlif
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**(a) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) **Fish habitat Partnerships and conservation projects** — There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $7,200,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 to provide funds for Partnership operations under [section 8204 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section8204&num=0&edition=prelim) and fish habitat conservation projects approved under [section 8205(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section8205/f&num=0&edition=prelim), of which 5 percent is authorized only for projects carried out by Indian Tribes.
(2) **Administrative and planning expenses** — There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 an amount equal to 5 percent of the amount appropriated for the applicable fiscal year pursuant to paragraph (1)—
(A) for administrative and planning expenses under this chapter; and
(B) to carry out [section 8209 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section8209&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Technical and scientific assistance** — There is authorized to be appropriated for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2030 to carry out, and provide technical and scientific assistance under, [section 8206 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section8206&num=0&edition=prelim)—
(A) $400,000 to the Secretary for use by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
(B) $400,000 to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Assistant Administrator for use by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration;
(C) $400,000 to the Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Ad
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Depredation**
(A) *In general* — The term “depredation” means actual death, injury, or destruction of livestock that is caused by a federally protected species.
(B) *Exclusions* — The term “depredation” does not include damage to real or personal property other than livestock, including—
(i) damage to—
(I) other animals;
(II) vegetation;
(III) motor vehicles; or
(IV) structures;
(ii) diseases;
(iii) lost profits; or
(iv) consequential damages.
(2) **Federally protected species** — The term “federally protected species” means a species that is or previously was protected under—
(A) the Act of June 8, 1940 (commonly known as the “Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act”) (54 Stat. 250, chapter 278; [16 U.S.C. 668](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section668&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(B) the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ([16 U.S.C. 1531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or
(C) the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ([16 U.S.C. 703](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section703&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(3) **Indian Tribe** — The term “Indian Tribe” has the meaning given to the term “Indian tribe” in [section 5304 of title 25](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title25-section5304&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Livestock**
(A) *In general* — The term “livestock” means horses, mules and asses, rabbits, llamas, cattle, bison, swine, sheep, goats, poultry, bees, honey and beehives, or any other animal generally used for food or in the production of food or fiber.
(B) *Inclusion* — The term
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 8201
and private wetlands, and agricultural lands
damaged by nutria.
(b) Activities
In the State of Maryland, the Secretary shall
require that the program consist of manage-
ment, research, and public education activities
carried out in accordance with the document
published by the United States Fish and Wildlife
Service entitled ‘‘Eradication Strategies for Nu-
tria in the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Water-
sheds’’, dated March 2002.
(c) Cost sharing
(1) Federal share
The Federal share of the costs of a State
program referred to in subsection (a) may not
exceed 75 percent of the total costs of the pro-
gram.
(2) In-kind contributions
The non-Federal share of the costs of a State
program referred to in subsection (a) may be
provided in the form of in-kind contributions
of materials or services.
(d) Limitation on administrative expenses
Not more than 5 percent of financial assist-
ance provided to a State by the Secretary under
this section may be used for administrative ex-
penses.
(e) Authorization of appropriations
For financial assistance under this section,
there is authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021
through 2025.
(Pub. L. 108–16, § 3, Apr. 23, 2003, 117 Stat. 621;
Pub. L. 116–186, § 1(2), Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 901.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the
original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 108–16, Apr. 23,
2003, 117 Stat. 621, known as the Nutria Eradication and
Control Act of 2003, which is classified principally to
this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section
8101 of this title and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2020—Subsec. (a). Pub.
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