[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 198 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 198

   To amend title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the 
       conversion of wetlands that are one acre or less in size.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Smith of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Hancock, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. 
   Baker of Louisiana, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Stenholm, and Mr. 
   Dornan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 to permit the 
       conversion of wetlands that are one acre or less in size.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Down To Earth Tiny Wetland Act of 
1995.''

SEC. 2. CONVERSION OF WETLANDS THAT ARE ONE ACRE OR LESS IN SIZE.

    Section. 1222(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3882(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) a wetland that is one acre or less in size as 
                determined by the Secretary, except that the Secretary 
                shall make a reasonable effort to make an on-site 
                wetland inspection whenever requested by an owner or 
                operator.''.
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