33 U.S.C. § 2285 : US Code - Section 2285: Environmental Protection and Mitigation Fund

Search 33 U.S.C. § 2285 : US Code - Section 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.