33 USC § 2285 - Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s2285"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 2285 - Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "2285"
section_name: "Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund"
chapter_number: 36
chapter_name: "WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT"
subchapter_number: "V"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 908, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4188.)"
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# 1 Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund

So in original. Probably should be capitalized.

September 30, 1986[^1]

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 . Amounts in the fund  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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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–662, title IX, § 908, Nov. 17, 1986, 100 Stat. 4188.)