CCLME.ORG - North American Wetlands Conservation Act
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(continued) birds on Federal lands

-STATUTE-
The head of each Federal agency responsible for acquiring,
managing, or disposing of Federal lands and waters shall, to the
extent consistent with the mission of such agency and existing
statutory authorities, cooperate with the Director of the United
States Fish and Wildlife Service to restore, protect, and enhance
the wetland ecosystems and other habitats for migratory birds,
fish, and wildlife within the lands and waters of each such agency.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 9, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1976.)

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-CITE-
16 USC Sec. 4409 01/19/04

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 64 - NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION

-HEAD-
Sec. 4409. Report to Congress

-STATUTE-
The Secretary shall report to the appropriate Committees on the
implementation of this chapter. The report shall include -
(1) a biennial assessment of -
(A) the estimated number of acres of wetlands and habitat for
waterfowl and other migratory birds that were restored,
protected, or enhanced during such two-year period by Federal,
State, and local agencies and other entities in the United
States, Canada, and Mexico;
(B) trends in the population size and distribution of North
American migratory birds;
(C) the status of efforts to establish agreements with
nations in the Western Hemisphere pursuant to section 4413 of
this title; and
(D) wetlands conservation projects funded under this chapter,
listed and identified by type, conservation mechanism (such as
acquisition, easement, or lease), location, and duration; and

(2) an annual assessment of the status of wetlands conservation
projects, including an accounting of expenditures by Federal,
State, and other United States entities, and expenditures by
Canadian and Mexican sources to carry out these projects.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 10, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1976; Pub. L.
103-375, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3494; Pub. L. 107-308,
Sec. 8(a)(12), (13), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2448.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 4413 of this title, referred to in par. (1)(C), was in
the original a reference to section 16 of Pub. L. 101-233 which
enacted section 4413 of this title and amended section 2912 of this
title.


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Par. (1)(C). Pub. L. 107-308, Sec. 8(a)(12), substituted
"Western Hemisphere" for "western hemisphere" and made technical
amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as
reference to section 4413 of this title.
Par. (1)(D). Pub. L. 107-308, Sec. 8(a)(13), substituted "; and"
for period at end.
1994 - Par. (1)(D). Pub. L. 103-375 added subpar. (D).

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 4410 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 4410 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 64 - NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION

-HEAD-
Sec. 4410. Revisions to Plan

-STATUTE-
The Secretary shall, in 1998 and at five-year intervals
thereafter, undertake with the appropriate officials in Canada and
Mexico to revise the goals and other elements of the Plan in
accordance with the information required under section 4409 of this
title and with the other provisions of this chapter.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 11, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1976; Pub. L.
103-375, Sec. 2(c), Oct. 19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3494.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
1994 - Pub. L. 103-375 substituted "1998" for "1991", inserted
"and Mexico" after "Canada", and struck out at end "The Secretary
shall invite and encourage the appropriate officials in Mexico to
participate in any revisions of the Plan."

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16 USC Sec. 4411 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 64 - NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION

-HEAD-
Sec. 4411. Relationship to other authorities

-STATUTE-
(a) Acquisition of lands and waters
Nothing in this chapter affects, alters, or modifies the
Secretary's authorities, responsibilities, obligations, or powers
to acquire lands or waters or interests therein under any other
statute.
(b) Mitigation
The Federal funds made available under this chapter and section
669b(b) of this title may not be used for fish and wildlife
mitigation purposes under the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act
(16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) or the Water Resources Development Act of
1986, Public Law 99-662 (1986), 100 Stat. 4235.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 12, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1977.)

-REFTEXT-
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, referred to in subsec.
(b), is act Mar. 10, 1934, ch. 55, 48 Stat. 401, as amended, which
is classified generally to sections 661 to 666c of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 661 of this title and Tables.
The Water Resources Development Act of 1986, referred to in
subsec. (b), is Pub. L. 99-662, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4082, as
amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title note set out under section 2201 of Title 33, Navigation
and Navigable Waters, and Tables.

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16 USC Sec. 4412 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 64 - NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION

-HEAD-
Sec. 4412. Limitation on assessments against Migratory Bird
Conservation Fund

-STATUTE-
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, only those personnel
and administrative costs directly related to acquisition of real
property shall be levied against the Migratory Bird Conservation
Account.(!1)


-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 14, Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1977.)

-FOOTNOTE-


(!1) So in original. Probably should be "Fund". See section 718d
of this title.


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16 USC Sec. 4413 01/19/04

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TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 64 - NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION

-HEAD-
Sec. 4413. Other agreements

-STATUTE-
The Secretary shall undertake with the appropriate officials of
nations in the Western Hemisphere to establish agreements, modeled
after the Plan or the Agreement, for the protection of migratory
birds identified in section 2912(a)(5) of this title. When any such
agreements are reached, the Secretary shall make recommendations to
the appropriate Committees on legislation necessary to implement
the agreements.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 16(a), Dec. 13, 1989, 103 Stat. 1977; Pub.
L. 107-308, Sec. 8(a)(14), Dec. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 2448.)


-MISC1-
AMENDMENTS
2002 - Pub. L. 107-308 substituted "Western Hemisphere" for
"western hemisphere".

-SECREF-
SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in section 4409 of this title.

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16 USC Sec. 4414 01/19/04

-EXPCITE-
TITLE 16 - CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 64 - NORTH AMERICAN WETLANDS CONSERVATION

-HEAD-
Sec. 4414. Assessment of progress in wetlands conservation

-STATUTE-
Not later than January 31, 1996, the Secretary, in cooperation
with the Council, to further the purposes of the chapter shall -
(1) develop and implement a strategy to assist in the
implementation of this Act in conserving the full complement of
North American wetlands systems and species dependent on those
systems, that incorporates information existing on the date of
the issuance of the strategy in final form on types of wetlands
habitats and species dependent on the habitats; and
(2) develop and implement procedures to monitor and evaluate
the effectiveness of wetlands conservation projects completed
under this chapter.

-SOURCE-
(Pub. L. 101-233, Sec. 19, as added Pub. L. 103-375, Sec. 3, Oct.
19, 1994, 108 Stat. 3494.)

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