Sec. 1265. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES

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## SEC. 1265 ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES **[**[16 U.S.C. 3865](/us/usc/t16/s3865)**]** ###

(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 1237, the grassland reserve program established under section 1238N, and the farmland protection program established under section 1238I, as such sections were in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 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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Establishment and purposes
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Sec. 1265

ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES

U.S.C.§ 3865

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