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‘‘(2) to study techniques for managing and

restoring wetlands within a watershed context;

‘‘(3) to study techniques for better coordinating and integrating wetland, floodplain,

stormwater, point and nonpoint source pollution controls, and water supply planning

and plan implementation on a watershed

basis at all levels of government; and

‘‘(4) to establish a national wetland regulatory tracking program on a watershed

basis.

This program shall track the individual and

cumulative impact of permits issued pursuant to section 404(a), 404(e), and 404(h) in

terms of types of permits issued, conditions,

and approvals. The tracking program shall

also include mitigation required in terms of

the amount required, types required, and

compliance.’’.

SEC. 814. ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS.

Section 404 (33 U.S.C. 1344) is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(aa) ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS.—

‘‘(1) REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING PROCEDURES.—Not later than 1 year after the date

of the enactment of the Wetlands and Watershed Management Act of 1995, the Secretary

shall, after providing notice and opportunity

for public comment, issue regulations establishing procedures pursuant to which—

‘‘(A) a landowner may appeal a determination of regulatory jurisdiction under this

section with respect to a parcel of the landowner’s property;

‘‘(B) a landowner may appeal a wetlands

classification under this section with respect

to a parcel of the landowner’s property;

‘‘(C) any person may appeal a determination that the proposed activity on the landowner’s property is not exempt under subsection (f);

‘‘(D) a landowner may appeal a determination that an activity on the landowner’s

property does not qualify under a general

permit issued under this section;

‘‘(E) an applicant for a permit under this

section may appeal a determination made

pursuant to this section to deny issuance of

the permit or to impose a requirement under

the permit; and

‘‘(F) a landowner or any other person required to restore or otherwise alter a parcel

of property pursuant to an order issued

under this section may appeal such order.

‘‘(2) DEADLINE FOR FILING APPEAL.—An appeal brought pursuant to this subsection

shall be filed not later than 30 days after the

date on which the decision or action on

which the appeal is based occurs.

‘‘(3) DEADLINE FOR DECISION.—An appeal

brought pursuant to this subsection shall be

decided not later than 90 days after the date

on which the appeal is filed.

‘‘(4) PARTICIPATION IN APPEALS PROCESS.—

Any person who participated in the public

comment process concerning a decision or

action that is the subject of an appeal

brought pursuant to this subsection may

participate in such appeal with respect to

those issues raised in the person’s written

public comments.

‘‘(5) DECISIONMAKER.—An appeal brought

pursuant to this subsection shall be heard

and decided by an appropriate and impartial

official of the Federal Government, other

than the official who made the determination or carried out the action that is the subject of the appeal.

‘‘(6) STAY OF PENALTIES AND MITIGATION.—A

landowner or any other person who has filed

an appeal under this subsection shall not be

required to pay a penalty or perform mitigation or restoration assessed under this section or section 309 until after the appeal has

been decided.’’.

SEC. 815. CRANBERRY PRODUCTION.

Section 404 (33 U.S.C. 1344) is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(bb) CRANBERRY PRODUCTION.—Activities

associated with expansion, improvement, or

modification of existing cranberry production operations shall be deemed in compliance, for purposes of sections 309 and 505,

with section 301, if—

‘‘(1) the activity does not result in the

modification of more than 10 acres of wetlands per operator per year and the modified

wetlands (other than where dikes and other

necessary facilities are placed) remain as

wetlands or other waters of the United

States; or

‘‘(2) the activity is required by any State

or Federal water quality program.’’.

SEC. 816. STATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS.

Section 404 (33 U.S.C. 1344) is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(cc) STATE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS.—

‘‘(1) GUIDELINES.—Not later than 1 year

after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in consultation with

the Administrator, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Director of the United

States Fish and Wildlife Service, shall establish guidelines to aid States and Indian

tribes in establishing classification systems

for the planning, managing, and regulating

of wetlands.

‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT.—In accordance with

the guidelines established under paragraph

(1), a State or Indian tribe may establish a

wetlands classification system for lands of

the State or Indian tribe and may submit

such classification system to the Secretary

for approval. Upon approval, the Secretary

shall use such classification system in making permit determinations and establishing

mitigation requirements for lands of the

State or Indian tribe under this section.

‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be

construed to affect a State with an approved

program under subsection (h) or a State with

a wetlands classification system in effect on

the date of the enactment of this subsection.’’.

SEC. 817. AGRICULTURAL LANDS.

Section 404 (33 U.S.C. 1344) is further

amended by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(dd) AGRICULTURAL LANDS.—

‘‘(1) PERMIT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of

Agriculture is authorized to issue permits

under this section for any activity subject to

permitting under this section that is carried

out on agricultural land (other than agricultural land subject to sections 1221–1223 of the

Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3821–

3823)). Any activity allowed by the Secretary

of Agriculture under such sections 1221–1223

shall be treated as having a permit issued

under this section and no individual request

for or granting of a permit shall be required

under this section.

‘‘(2) MITIGATION.—Any mitigation approved

by the Secretary of Agriculture for agricultural lands shall be accepted by the Secretary as mitigation under this section.’’.

SEC. 818. DEFINITIONS.

Section 502 (33 U.S.C. 1362) is amended by

adding at the end the following:

‘‘(26) The term ‘wetland’ means those areas

that are inundated or saturated by surface

water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under

normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted to life

in saturated soil conditions.

‘‘(27) The term ‘discharge of dredged or fill

material’ means the act of discharging and

any related act of filling, grading, draining,

dredging, excavation, channelization, flooding, clearing of vegetation, driving of piling

or placement of other obstructions, diversion

of water, or other activities in navigable waters which impair the flow, reach, or circulation of surface water, or which result in a

more than minimal change in the hydrologic

regime, bottom contour, or configuration of

such waters, or in the type, distribution, or

diversity of vegetation in such waters.

‘‘(28) The term ‘mitigation bank’ shall

mean wetland restoration, creation, or enhancement projects undertaken primarily

for the purpose of providing mitigation compensation credits for wetland losses from future activities. Often these activities will be,

as yet, undefined.

‘‘(29) The term ‘cooperative mitigation

ventures’ shall mean wetland restoration,

creation, or enhancement projects undertaken jointly by several parties (such as private, public, and nonprofit parties) with the

primary goal of providing compensation for

wetland losses from existing or specific proposed activities. Some compensation credits

may also be provided for future as yet undefined activities. Most cooperative mitigation

ventures will involve at least one private and

one public cooperating party.

‘‘(30) The term ‘normal farming,

silviculture, aquaculture and ranching activities’ means normal practices identified

as such by the Secretary of Agriculture, in

consultation with the Cooperative Extension

Service for each State and the land grant

university system and agricultural colleges

of the State, taking into account existing

practices and such other practices as may be

identified in consultation with the affected

industry or community.

‘‘(31) The term ‘agricultural land’ means

cropland, pastureland, native pasture, rangeland, an orchard, a vineyard, nonindustrial

forest land, an area that supports a water dependent crop (including cranberries, taro,

watercress, or rice), and any other land used

to produce or support the production of an

annual or perennial crop (including forage or

hay), aquaculture product, nursery product,

or wetland crop or the production of livestock.’’.

Conform the table of contents of the bill

accordingly.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 185 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 242

T67.15 [Roll No. 332]

AYES—185

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barrett (WI)

Bass

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Cardin

Castle

Clay

Clayton

Clyburn

Coleman

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Coyne

Davis

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Durbin

Ehlers

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Forbes

Ford

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goss

Green

Greenwood

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hinchey

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Klug

Kolbe

Lantos

Lazio

Levin

Lewis (GA)

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Owens
JOURNAL OF THE

708

T67.16 MAY 16

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Porter

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Ros-Lehtinen

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Shays

Skaggs

Slaughter

Smith (NJ)

Spratt

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Taylor (MS)

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Tucker

Upton

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Weldon (PA)

Williams

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (FL)

Zimmer

NOES—242

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clement

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

de la Garza

Deal

DeLay

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Edwards

Ehrlich

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fazio

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Fowler

Franks (CT)

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Graham

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kim

King

Kingston

Knollenberg

LaFalce

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martinez

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Rose

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Traficant

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Young (AK)

Zeliff

NOT VOTING—7

Berman

Bryant (TX)

Collins (IL)

Gephardt

Kleczka

Klink

Lipinski

So the amendment was not agreed to.

After some further time,

T67.16 RECORDED VOTE

A recorded vote by electronic device

was ordered in the Committee of the

Whole on the following amendment

submitted by Mr. GILCHREST:

Page 243, strike line 9 and all that follows

through line 7 on page 249 and insert the following:

‘‘(c) WETLANDS CLASSIFICATION.—The Secretary shall issue regulations for the classification of wetlands to the extent practicable based on the best available science.

Requirements of this title based on the classification of wetlands as type A, type B, or

type C wetlands shall not become effective

until regulations are issued under this subsection.

Page 282, line 11, strike ‘‘subparagraphs (B)

and (C)’’ and insert ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’.

Page 282, strike line 12 and all that follows

through line 22 on page 283.

Page 283, strike line 23 and all that follows

through ‘‘any’’ on line 25 and insert the following:

‘‘(B) NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES.—Any

Page 311, line 17, strike ‘‘section,’’ and insert ‘‘section and’’.

Page 311, lines 18 through 20, strike ‘‘, and

no exception shall be available under subsection (g)(1)(B),’’.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 180 ! negative ....................... Nays ...... 247

T67.17 [Roll No. 333]

AYES—180

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bereuter

Bishop

Boehlert

Bonior

Borski

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Castle

Clay

Clyburn

Collins (MI)

Conyers

Coyne

Davis

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Doyle

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fields (LA)

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Forbes

Ford

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Furse

Gejdenson

Gekas

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goss

Green

Greenwood

Gutierrez

Hall (OH)

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hinchey

Jackson-Lee

Jacobs

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kingston

Klink

Klug

Kolbe

LaFalce

Lantos

Lazio

Levin

Lewis (GA)

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martini

Mascara

McCarthy

McDermott

McHale

McKinney

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Meyers

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Mineta

Mink

Moakley

Mollohan

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Neal

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pallone

Payne (NJ)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Porter

Pryce

Rahall

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Reynolds

Richardson

Rivers

Ros-Lehtinen

Rose

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sanford

Sawyer

Saxton

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Shays

Skaggs

Slaughter

Smith (NJ)

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Thompson

Thurman

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Tucker

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Walker

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Weldon (PA)

White

Williams

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Zimmer

NOES—247

Allard

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bentsen

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Bono

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Coleman

Collins (GA)

Combest

Condit

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Danner

de la Garza

Deal

Dickey

Dooley

Doolittle

Dornan

Dreier

Duncan

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fazio

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Foley

Fowler

Franks (CT)

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Geren

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Graham

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Hefner

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hilliard

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Houghton

Hoyer

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kasich

Kim

King

Knollenberg

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Leach

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Lincoln

Linder

Livingston

Longley

Lucas

Manzullo

Martinez

Matsui

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Metcalf

Mica

Miller (FL)

Minge

Molinari

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pombo

Pomeroy

Portman

Poshard

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schiff

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shuster

Sisisky

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thornton

Tiahrt

Traficant

Upton

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

Whitfield

Wicker

Wilson

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff