10 USC § 2694b - Participation in wetland mitigation banks

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s2694b"
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title: "10 USC § 2694b - Participation in wetland mitigation banks"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "2694b"
section_name: "Participation in wetland mitigation banks"
chapter_number: 159
chapter_name: "REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY"
part_number: "IV"
part_name: "SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, § 314(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1430.)"
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# § 2694b. Participation in wetland mitigation banks

**(a)** **Authority to Participate.—** The Secretary of a military department, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning a Defense Agency, when engaged in an authorized activity that may or will result in the destruction of, or an adverse impact to, a wetland, may make payments to a wetland mitigation banking program or “in-lieu-fee” mitigation sponsor approved in accordance with the Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks (60 Fed. Reg. 58605; November 28, 1995) or the Federal Guidance on the Use of In-Lieu-Fee Arrangements for Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (65 Fed. Reg. 66913; November 7, 2000), or any successor administrative guidance or regulation.

**(b)** **Alternative to Creation of Wetland.—** Participation in a wetland mitigation banking program or consolidated user site under subsection (a) shall be in lieu of mitigating wetland impacts through the creation of a wetland on Federal property.

**(c)** **Treatment of Payments.—** Payments made under subsection (a) to a wetland mitigation banking program or consolidated user site may be treated as eligible project costs for military construction.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 108–136, div. A, title III, § 314(a)(1), Nov. 24, 2003, 117 Stat. 1430.)