§ 2285. — Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 33USC2285]
TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
CHAPTER 36--WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 2285. Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund
There is established an Environmental Protection and Mitigation
Fund. There is authorized to be appropriated to such fund $35,000,000
for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1986. Amounts in the fund
\1\ shall be available for undertaking, in advance of construction of
any water resources project authorized to be constructed by the
Secretary, such measures authorized as part of such project, including
the acquisition of lands and interests therein, as may be necessary to
ensure that project-induced losses to fish and wildlife production and
habitat will be mitigated. The Secretary shall reimburse the Fund for
any amounts expended under this section for a water resources project
from the first appropriations made for construction, including planning
and designing, of such project.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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(Pub. L. 99-662, title IX, Sec. 908, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4188.)
