Pub. L. 104-180, tit. VII, sec. 721

Sec. 721. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, or made available through the Commodity Credit Corporation, shall be used to enroll in excess of 130,000 acres in the fiscal year 1997 wetlands reserve program, as authorized by section 3837 of title 16, United States Code: Provided, That additional acreage may be enrolled in the program to the extent that non-Federal funds available to the Secretary are used to fully compensate for the cost of additional enrollments: Provided further, That the condition on enrollments provided in section 1237(b)(2)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended (16 U.S.C. 3837(b)(2)(B)) shall be deemed met upon the enrollment of 43,333 acres through the use of temporary easements: Provided further, That the Secretary shall not enroll acres in the wetlands reserve program through the use of new permanent easements in fiscal year 1998 until the Secretary has enrolled at least 31,667 acres in the program through the use of temporary easements.