16-U.S.C.-460L-20

§460L-20 – §460L-20. Construction of Projects Under Certain Laws With Allocations to Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Exceeding Allocations to Other Functions Unauthorized; Exception

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• Reference: Section 460l-20
• Legend: §460L-20 – §460L-20. Construction of Projects Under Certain Laws With Allocations to Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Exceeding Allocations to Other Functions Unauthorized; Exception
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

Nothing contained in this part shall be taken to authorize or to sanction the construction under the Federal reclamation laws or under any Rivers and Harbors or Flood Control Act of any project in which the sum of the allocations to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement exceeds the sum of the allocations to irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, domestic and industrial water supply, navigation, and flood control, except that this section shall not apply to any such project for the enhancement of anadromous fisheries, shrimp, or for the conservation of migratory birds protected by treaty, when each of the other functions of such a project has, of itself, a favorable benefit-cost ratio.

(Pub. L. 89–72, §9, July 9, 1965, 79 Stat. 217.)

References in Text

This part, referred to in text, was in the original this Act, meaning Pub. L. 89–72, which enacted sections 460l–12 to 460l–21 of this title and amended sections 460l–5(a) and 662(d) of this title.

Rivers and Harbors or Flood Control Act, referred to in text, is classified principally to Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

16-U.S.C.-460L-10D in the Legal Encyclopedia: Conservation

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16-U.S.C.-460L-6B in the Legal Encyclopedia: Parks

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