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 PUBLIC LAW 99-645—NOV. 10, 1986 SEC. 402. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

100 STAT. 3589 16 USC 3932.

(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. OD) CONTENTS OF REPORTS.—The reports required under subsection (a) 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 regu- Taxes. latory 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, Loans. commodity loans and purchase programs and disaster assistance programs; (C) soil conservation programs; and Taxes. (D) certain income tax provisions; (6) an analysis of the environmental and economic impact of Taxes. 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 Agriculture and plowing, seeding, planting, cultivating, minor drainage, or agricultural harvesting for the production of fiber or forest products); commodities. (B) Federal expenditures required incident to studies, Forests and evaluations, design, construction, operation, maintenance, forest products. or rehabilitation of Federal water resource development activities, including channel improvements; (C) the commodity loans and purchases program and Loans. cotton, feed grain, wheat, and rice production stabilization Agriculture and agricultural programs administered by the Department of Agriculture; commodities. " and (D) Federal expenditures for the construction of publicly Highways. 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 re- State and local sources based on an evaluation and comparison of all manage- governments.

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