---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1456d"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1456d"
heading: "Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1456d"
units:
  - "Chapter 33 — Coastal Zone Management"
---

# §1456d. Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program


The [Secretary](/usc/16/1453.md?p=16) shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational [state](/usc/16/590q.md?p=a) to other uses: Provided further, That by September 30, 2002, the [Secretary](/usc/16/1453.md?p=16) shall issue guidelines for this program delineating the criteria for grant awards: Provided further, That the [Secretary](/usc/16/1453.md?p=16) shall distribute these [funds](/usc/16/1453.md?p=9) in consultation with the [States](/usc/16/544.md?p=r)’ [Coastal Zone](/usc/16/1453.md?p=1) Managers’ or Governors’ designated representatives based on demonstrated need and ability to successfully leverage [funds](/usc/16/1453.md?p=9), and shall give priority to lands which can be effectively managed and protected and which have significant ecological value: Provided further, That grants funded under this program shall require a 100 percent match from other sources.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–77, title II, Nov. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 776.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and also as part of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2002, and not as part of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 which comprises this chapter.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Similar Provisions

Pub. L. 108–7, div. B, title II, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 75, provided in part: “That the Secretary shall establish a Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Program, for the purpose of protecting important coastal and estuarine areas that have significant conservation, recreation, ecological, historical, or aesthetic values, or that are threatened by conversion from their natural or recreational state to other uses”.