---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 U.S.C. § 1579"
title: "43"
title_heading: "Public Lands"
number: "1579"
heading: "Fish and wildlife habitat; mitigation of losses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/43/1579"
units:
  - "Chapter 32A — Colorado River Basin Salinity Control"
  - "Subchapter I — Programs Downstream from Imperial Dam"
---

# §1579. Fish and wildlife habitat; mitigation of losses


Effective October 1, 1979, and to such extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriate[^1] Acts, in order to provide measures determined by the [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) of the Interior to be appropriated to mitigate loss of fish and wildlife habitat associated with other measures taken under this subchapter:

- (a) **Appropriation of funds; acquisition and disposal of lands; facilities undertakings; funds restriction for non-Federal facilities—** The [Secretary](/usc/43/31b.md?p=7) is authorized to—
  - (1) acquire lands by purchase, eminent domain, or exchange;
  - (2) dispose of land, facilities, and equipment;
  - (3) construct, operate, maintain, and make replacements of facilities: Provided, however, That no funds will be provided for operation, maintenance, or replacement of non-Federal facilities.
- (b) **Nonreimbursable costs—** All costs authorized by this section are nonreimbursable.

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “appropriation”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 93–320, title I, § 110, as added Pub. L. 96–336, § 6, Sept. 4, 1980, 94 Stat. 1064.)