[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5053 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5053

To expand eligibility for the wetlands reserve program to lands covered 
            by expiring agreements under the Water Bank Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 1994

 Mr. Pomeroy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand eligibility for the wetlands reserve program to lands covered 
            by expiring agreements under the Water Bank Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM OF LAND COVERED 
              BY EXPIRING AGREEMENTS UNDER THE WATER BANK ACT.

    (a) In General.--Section 1237 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3837) is amended by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and 
(g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and by 
inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Eligibility of Land Covered by an Expiring Agreement Under 
the Water Bank Program.--During the 1-year period that begins with the 
date that an agreement entered into under the Water Bank Act expires, 
the land covered by the agreement shall be eligible to be placed into 
the wetland reserve established under this subchapter.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1237A(b) of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
3837a(b)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
        ``(except in the case of land eligible for placement in the 
        wetland reserve pursuant to section 1237(d))'' after 
        ``restoration''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
        as follows:
                    ``(A) repairs, improvements, and inspections on 
                such land that are necessary to maintain existing 
                public drainage systems if such land--
                            ``(i) is not eligible for placement in the 
                        wetland reserve pursuant to section 1237(d), 
                        and is subsequently restored to the condition 
                        required by the terms of the easement; or
                            ``(ii) is eligible for placement in the 
                        wetland reserve pursuant to section 1237(d); 
                        and''.
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