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CHAPTER 159— REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY
§ 2694c. Participation in conservation banking programs

(a) Authority to Participate.—Subject to the availability of appropriated funds, the Secretary concerned, when engaged or proposing to engage in an activity described in subsection (b) that may or will result in an adverse impact to one or more species protected (or pending protection) under any applicable provision of law, or habitat for such species, may make payments to a conservation banking program or “in-lieu-fee” mitigation sponsor approved in accordance with—(1) the Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks (60 Fed. Reg. 58605; November 28, 1995);
(2) the Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks (68 Fed. Reg. 24753; May 2, 2003);
(3) the Federal Guidance on the Use of In-Lieu-Fee Arrangements for Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (65 Fed. Reg. 66915; November 7, 2000); or
(4) any successor or related administrative guidance or regulation.
(b) Covered Activities.—Payments to a conservation banking program or “in-lieu-fee” mitigation sponsor under subsection (a) may be made only for the purpose of facilitating one or more of the following activities:(1) Military testing, operations, training, or other military activity.
(2) Military construction.
(c) Treatment of Amounts for Conservation Banking.—Payments made under subsection (a) to a conservation banking program or “in-lieu-fee” mitigation sponsor for the purpose of facilitating military construction may be treated as eligible costs of the military construction project.
(d) Source of Funds.—Amounts available from any of the following shall be available for activities under this section:(1) Operation and maintenance.
(2) Military construction.
(3) Research, development, test, and evaluation.
(4) The Support for United States Relocation to Guam Account established under section 2824 of the Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (division B of Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 4730; 10 U.S.C. 2687 note).
(e) Secretary Concerned Defined.—In this section, the term “Secretary concerned” means—(1) the Secretary of a military department; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense with respect to a Defense Agency.

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Title 10— ARMED FORCES

Subtitle A— General Military Law

PART IV— SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY

CHAPTER 159— REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY

§ 2661. Miscellaneous administrative provisions relating to real property

[§ 2661a. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2662. Real property transactions: reports to congressional committees

§ 2663. Land acquisition authorities

§ 2664. Limitations on real property acquisition

§ 2665. Sale of certain interests in land; logs

[§ 2666. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2667. Leases: non-excess property of military departments and Defense Agencies

[§ 2667a. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2668. Easements for rights-of-way

§ 2668a. Easements: granting restrictive easements in connection with land conveyances

§ 2669. Transfer of land and facilities to support contracts with federally funded research and development centers

§ 2670. Use of facilities by private organizations; use as polling places

§ 2671. Military reservations and facilities: hunting, fishing, and trapping

§ 2672. Protection of buildings, grounds, property, and persons

[§ 2672a. Repealed. , , ]

[§ 2673. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2674. Operation and control of Pentagon Reservation and defense facilities in National Capital Region

§ 2675. Leases: foreign countries

[§ 2676. Renumbered § 2664]

[§ 2677. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2678. Feral horses and burros: removal from military installations

§ 2679. Installation-support services: intergovernmental support agreements

[§ 2680. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2681. Renumbered § 4175]

§ 2682. Facilities for defense agencies

§ 2683. Relinquishment of legislative jurisdiction; minimum drinking age on military installations

§ 2684. Cooperative agreements for management of cultural resources

§ 2684a. Agreements to limit encroachments and other constraints on military training, testing, and operations

§ 2685. Adjustment of or surcharge on selling prices in commissary stores to provide funds for construction and improvement of commissary store facilities

§ 2686. Utilities and services: sale; expansion and extension of systems and facilities

§ 2687. Base closures and realignments

§ 2687a. Overseas base closures and realignments and status of United States overseas military locations

§ 2688. Utility systems: conveyance authority

[§ 2689. Renumbered § 2917]

[§ 2690. Renumbered § 2918]

§ 2691. Restoration of land used by permit or damaged by mishap; reimbursement of State costs of fighting wildland fires

§ 2692. Storage, treatment, and disposal of nondefense toxic and hazardous materials

[§ 2693. Repealed. , , ]

§ 2694. Conservation and cultural activities

§ 2694a. Conveyance of surplus real property for natural resource conservation

§ 2694b. Participation in wetland mitigation banks

§ 2694c. Participation in conservation banking programs

§ 2694d. Participation in pollutant banks and water quality trading

§ 2695. Acceptance of funds to cover administrative expenses relating to certain real property transactions

§ 2696. Real property: transfer between armed forces and screening requirements for other Federal use

§ 2697. Acceptance and use of landing fees charged for use of domestic military airfields by civil aircraft