§ 3932. — Reports to Congress.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[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.)
