**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish an agricultural conservation easement program for the conservation of eligible land and natural resources through easements or other interests in land.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of the program are to—
(1) combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of the wetlands reserve program established under section 3837 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, the grassland reserve program established under section 3838n 1 of this title, and the farmland protection program established under section 3838i 1 of this title, as such sections were in effect on the day before February 7, 2014;
(2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible land;
(3) protect the agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values; and
(4) protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible land.
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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish an agricultural conservation easement program for the conservation of eligible land and natural resources through easements or other interests in land.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of the program are to—
(1) combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of the wetlands reserve program established under section 3837 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, the grassland reserve program established under section 3838n 1 of this title, and the farmland protection program established under section 3838i 1 of this title, as such sections were in effect on the day before February 7, 2014;
(2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible land;
(3) protect the agricultural use and future viability, and related conservation values, of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values; and
(4) protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring or conserving eligible land.
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§ 3865. Establishment and purposes
(a) Establishment
The Secretary shall establish an agricultural
conservation easement program for the con-
servation of eligible land and natural resources
through easements or other interests in land.
(b) Purposes
The purposes of the program are to—
(1) combine the purposes and coordinate the
functions of the wetlands reserve program es-
tablished under section 3837 1 of this title, the
grassland reserve program established under
section 3838n 1 of this title, and the farmland
protection program established under section
3838i 1 of this title, as such sections were in ef-
fect on the day before February 7, 2014;
(2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on
eligible land;
(3) protect the agricultural use and future
viability, and related conservation values, of
eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses
of that land that negatively affect the agricul-
tural uses and conservation values; and
(4) protect grazing uses and related con-
servation values by restoring or conserving el-
igible land.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1265, as added Pub. L.
113–79, title II, § 2301(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 731;
amended Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2601, Dec. 20,
2018, 132 Stat. 4585.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Sections 3837, 3838n, and 3838i of this title, referred to
in subsec. (b)(1), were repealed by Pub. L. 113–79, title
II, §§ 2703(a), 2704(a), 2705(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 767,
768.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2601(1), inserted
‘‘that negatively affect the agricultural uses and con-
servation values’’ after ‘‘uses of that land’’.
Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2601(2), substituted
‘‘restoring or conserving’’ for ‘‘restoring and con-
serving’’.
§ 3865a. Definitions