PROHIBITION ON USE OF LOANS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

SEC. 1824. PROHIBITION ON USE OF LOANS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. Subtitle D of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act is amended by adding after the sections added by sections 1818(a), 1819,1820, and 1821 of this Act the following new section: “SEC. 363. PROHIBITION ON USE OF LOANS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES. “The Secretary shall not approve any loan under this title to drain, dredge, fill, level, or otherwise manipulate a wetland (as defined in section 1201(a)(16) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(16)), or to engage in any activity that results in104 STAT. 3832 impairing or reducing the flow, circulation, or reach of water, except in the case of activity related to the maintenance of previously converted wetlands, or in the case of such activity that is already commenced prior to the date of enactment of this section.”.