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(a) Establishment and membership
(1) In general
The Foundation shall have a governing Board of Directors (referred to in this chapter as the “Board”), which shall consist of 30 Directors appointed in accordance with subsection (b), each of whom shall be a United States citizen.
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For purposes of section 10101 of title 36, the Foundation shall be treated as a Corporation in part B of subtitle II of title 36.
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The Congress finds the following:
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(a) In general
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(a) In general
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In this section:
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(a) Program required
(1) In general
During the 2008 through 2023 fiscal years, the Secretary shall carry out a farmable wetland program in each State under which the Secretary shall enroll eligible acreage described in subsection (b).
(2) Participation among States
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(a) CLEAR 30
(1) In general
(A) Enrollment
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(a) In general
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(a) Timing
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(a) Ownership or operation requirements
(1) In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), no contract shall be entered into under this subpart concerning land with respect to which the ownership has changed in the 1-year period preceding the first year of the contract period unless—
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The Secretary may enter into a partnership agreement with an eligible partner to implement a project that will assist producers with installing and maintaining an eligible activity on eligible land.
(b) Length
(1) In general
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(a) Disclosure
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The powers of condemnation or eminent domain shall not be used in the acquisition of wetlands under any provision of this chapter where such wetlands have been constructed for the purpose of farming or ranching, or result from conservation activities associat... | <section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id79e4b7e9-6992-11f1-ab3f-8b4c043f8cd5" identifier="/us/usc/t16/s3923"><num value="3923">§ 3923.</nu... | (Pub. L. 99–645, title III, § 305, Nov. 10, 1986, 100 Stat. 3588.) | [
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(a) In general
The Secretary, in consultation and cooperation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall prepare and submit to the committees—
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As used in this chapter, the term—
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