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[CITE: 16USC3932]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                     CHAPTER 59--WETLANDS RESOURCES
 
          SUBCHAPTER IV--WETLANDS INVENTORY AND TREND ANALYSIS
 
Sec. 3932. Reports to Congress


(a) In general

    The Secretary, in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture, shall prepare and submit to the committees--
        (1) by March 30, 1987, a report regarding the status, condition, 
    and trends of wetlands in the lower Mississippi alluvial plain and 
    the prairie pothole regions of the United States; and
        (2) by September 30, 1987, a report regarding trends of wetlands 
    in all other areas of the United States.

(b) Contents of reports

    The reports required under subsection (a) of this section shall 
contain--
        (1) an analysis of the factors responsible for wetlands 
    destruction, degradation, protection and enhancement;
        (2) a compilation and analysis of Federal statutory and 
    regulatory mechanisms, including expenditures, financial assistance, 
    and tax provisions which--
            (A) induce wetlands destruction or degradation; or
            (B) protect or enhance wetlands;

        (3) a compilation and analysis of Federal expenditures resulting 
    from wetlands destruction, degradation, protection or enhancement;
        (4) an analysis of public and private patterns of ownership of 
    wetlands;
        (5) an analysis of the environmental and economic impact of 
    eliminating or restricting future Federal expenditures and financial 
    assistance, whether direct or indirect, which have the effect of 
    encouraging the destruction, degradation, protection or enhancement 
    of wetlands, including--
            (A) public works expenditures;
            (B) assistance programs such as price support programs, 
        commodity loans and purchase programs and disaster assistance 
        programs;
            (C) soil conservation programs; and
            (D) certain income tax provisions;

        (6) an analysis of the environmental and economic impact of 
    failure to restrict future Federal expenditures, financial 
    assistance, and tax provisions which have the effect of encouraging 
    the destruction, degradation, protection or enhancement of wetlands, 
    including--
            (A) assistance for normal silviculture activity (such as 
        plowing, seeding, planting, cultivating, minor drainage, or 
        harvesting for the production of fiber or forest products);
            (B) Federal expenditures required incident to studies, 
        evaluations, design, construction, operation, maintenance, or 
        rehabilitation of Federal water resource development activities, 
        including channel improvements;
            (C) the commodity loans and purchases program and cotton, 
        feed grain, wheat, and rice production stabilization programs 
        administered by the Department of Agriculture; and
            (D) Federal expenditures for the construction of publicly 
        owned or publicly operated highways, roads, structures, or 
        facilities that are essential links in a larger network or 
        system; and

        (7) recommendations for the conservation of wetlands resources 
    based on an evaluation and comparison of all management 
    alternatives, and combinations of management alternatives, such as 
    State and local actions, Federal actions, and initiatives by private 
    organizations and individuals.

(Pub. L. 99-645, title IV, Sec. 402, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3589.)
