---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 C.F.R. § 1455.1"
title: "7"
number: "1455.1"
heading: "Purpose and administration."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/7/1455.1"
---

# §1455.1. Purpose and administration.

- (a) The purpose of this part is to specify requirements and definitions for the Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP).
- (b) VPA-HIP provides, within funding limits, grants to State and tribal governments to encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm, ranch, and forest land to voluntarily make that land available for access by the public for wildlife-dependent recreation, including hunting and fishing under programs administered by State and tribal governments. VPA-HIP is not an entitlement program and no grant will be made unless the application is acceptable to the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). CCC may reject a application for any reason deemed sufficient by CCC.
- (c) The regulations in this part are administered under the general supervision and direction of the Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

## Notes

### Amendments

[75 FR 39140, July 8, 2010, as amended at 79 FR 44641, Aug. 1, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 714b and 714c; 16 U.S.C. 3839.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 39140, July 8, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[75 FR 39140, July 8, 2010, as amended at 79 FR 44641, Aug. 1, 2014]