B-231065:
Published: Aug 10, 1988. Publicly Released: Aug 26, 1988.
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO commented on the Department of Agriculture's (USDA) interpretation of the Food Security Act's wetlands provision. GAO noted that: (1) under the act, the draining or filling of wetlands and converted wetlands, which were cultivated naturally before the act's passage, could cause program participants to lose federal farm benefits; and (2) a congressional comm...