---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 8213"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "8213"
heading: "Prohibition against implementation of regulatory authority by Federal agencies through partnerships"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/8213"
units:
  - "Chapter 101 — National Fish Habitat Conservation Through Partnerships"
---

# §8213. Prohibition against implementation of regulatory authority by Federal agencies through partnerships


Any [Partnership](/usc/16/8202.md?p=7) designated under this chapter—

- (1) shall be for the sole purpose of promoting fish conservation; and
- (2) shall not be used to implement any regulatory authority of any Federal agency.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 116–188, title II, § 213, Oct. 30, 2020, 134 Stat. 938.)