{"data":{"id":"us/10-u.s.c.-2694b","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"10 U.S.C. § 2694b","heading":"Participation in wetland mitigation banks","body":"(a) Authority to Participate.—The Secretary of a military department, and the Secretary of Defense with respect to matters concerning a Defense Agency, when engaged in an authorized activity that may or will result in the destruction of, or an adverse impact to, a wetland, may make payments to a wetland mitigation banking program or “in-lieu-fee” mitigation sponsor approved in accordance with the Federal Guidance for the Establishment, Use and Operation of Mitigation Banks (60 Fed. Reg. 58605; November 28, 1995) or the Federal Guidance on the Use of In-Lieu-Fee Arrangements for Compensatory Mitigation Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (65 Fed. Reg. 66913; November 7, 2000), or any successor administrative guidance or regulation. (b) Alternative to Creation of Wetland.—Participation in a wetland mitigation banking program or consolidated user site under subsection (a) shall be in lieu of mitigating wetland impacts through the creation of a wetland on Federal property. (c) Treatment of Payments.—Payments made under subsection (a) to a wetland mitigation banking program or consolidated user site may be treated as eligible project costs for military construction.","path":["Title 10—ARMED FORCES","CHAPTER 159—REAL PROPERTY; RELATED PERSONAL PROPERTY; AND LEASE OF NON-EXCESS PROPERTY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc10@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:10Z","sha256":"7c600fb526eb815f60818ef25f1c7a16dc4f032eea5d5535fcb7f81a4a8a7289","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/10-u.s.c.-2694a","next":"us/10-u.s.c.-2694c"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}