16 USC § 3922 - Federal acquisition

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s3922"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 3922 - Federal acquisition"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "3922"
section_name: "Federal acquisition"
chapter_number: 59
chapter_name: "WETLANDS RESOURCES"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "STATE AND FEDERAL WETLANDS ACQUISITION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 304, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588.)"
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# § 3922. Federal acquisition

16 U.S.C. 715–715ssection 3921 of this title

The Secretary is authorized to purchase wetlands or interests in wetlands, which are not acquired under the authority of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929 (), consistent with the wetlands priority conservation plan established under .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 304, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 715 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.