---
kind: "unit"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
key: "ch55"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 55"
heading: "Coastal Barrier Resources"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/ch55"
sections_count: 10
---

# Chapter 55 — Coastal Barrier Resources

Title 16 — Conservation

## Sections

- [§3501. Congressional statement of findings and purpose](/usc/16/3501.md)
- [§3502. Definitions](/usc/16/3502.md)
- [§3503. Establishment of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System](/usc/16/3503.md)
- [§3504. Limitations on Federal expenditures affecting the System](/usc/16/3504.md)
- [§3505. Exceptions to limitations on expenditures](/usc/16/3505.md)
- [§3506. Certification of compliance](/usc/16/3506.md)
- [§3507. Priority of laws](/usc/16/3507.md)
- [§3508. Separability](/usc/16/3508.md)
- [§3509. Repealed.](/usc/16/3509.md)
- [§3510. Authorization of appropriations](/usc/16/3510.md)