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Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 -> 59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun, verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make legal-us-code default now covers every title. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "16 U.S.C. § 1301"
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description: "Congressional declaration of policy; authority of Secretary"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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corpus: "united_states_code"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 16
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title_name: "CONSERVATION"
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chapter_number: "29"
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chapter_name: "WATER BANK PROGRAM FOR WETLANDS PRESERVATION"
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section: "1301"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1301"
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status: "current"
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release_point: "119-100"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc16@119-100.zip"
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# 16 U.S.C. § 1301 - Congressional declaration of policy; authority of Secretary
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## Text
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The Congress finds that it is in the public interest to preserve, restore, and improve the wetlands of the Nation, and thereby to conserve surface waters, to preserve and improve habitat for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife resources, to reduce runoff, soil and wind erosion, and contribute to flood control, to contribute to improved water quality and reduce stream sedimentation, to contribute to improved subsurface moisture, to reduce acres of new land coming into production and to retire lands now in agricultural production, to enhance the natural beauty of the landscape, and to promote comprehensive and total water management planning. The Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Secretary”) is authorized and directed to formulate and carry out a continuous program to prevent the serious loss of wetlands, and to preserve, restore, and improve such lands, which program shall begin on July 1, 1971.
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(Pub. L. 91–559, § 2, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1468.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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Short TitlePub. L. 91–559, § 1, Dec. 19, 1970, 84 Stat. 1468, provided: “That this Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the ‘Water Bank Act’.”
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