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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. § 7504"
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description: "Eligible uses"
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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: "94"
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chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANS AND COASTAL SECURITY"
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section: "7504"
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citation: "16 U.S.C. § 7504"
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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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# 16 U.S.C. § 7504 - Eligible uses
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## Text
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(a) In general Amounts in the Fund may be allocated by the Foundation to support programs and activities intended to better understand and utilize ocean and coastal resources, coastal infrastructure, and ecosystem services provided by natural systems such as coral reefs, including baseline scientific research, ocean observing, and other programs and activities carried out in coordination with Federal and State departments or agencies.
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(b) Prohibition on use of funds for litigation or other purposes No funds made available under this chapter may be used to—
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(1) fund litigation against the Federal Government; or
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(2) fund the creation of national marine monuments and marine protected areas, marine spatial planning, or the National Ocean Policy.
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(Pub. L. 114–113, div. O, title IX, § 905, Dec. 18, 2015, 129 Stat. 3032; Pub. L. 117–263, div. J, title C, § 10001(b), Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3951.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments2022—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–263 substituted “, coastal infrastructure, and ecosystem services provided by natural systems such as coral reefs” for “and coastal infrastructure”.
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