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title: "16 U.S.C. § 8301"
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title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
chapter_number: "102"
chapter_name: "COASTAL HABITAT CONSERVATION"
section: "8301"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8301"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 8301 - Purpose
## Text
The purpose of this chapter is to legislatively authorize the Coastal Program of the Service in effect as of December 11, 2024, to conduct collaborative landscape-level planning and on-the-ground coastal habitat assessment, coastal habitat protection, coastal habitat restoration, and coastal habitat enhancement projects in priority coastal landscapes to conserve and recover Federal trust species.
(Pub. L. 118138, § 2, Dec. 11, 2024, 138 Stat. 1651.)
## Notes
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Short TitlePub. L. 118138, § 1, Dec. 11, 2024, 138 Stat. 1651, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the Coastal Habitat Conservation Act of 2023.”