{"data":{"id":"us/16-u.s.c.-3824","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"16 U.S.C. § 3824","heading":"Fairness of compliance","body":"If the actions of an unrelated person or public entity, outside the control of, and without the prior approval of, the landowner or tenant result in a change in the characteristics of cropland that would cause the land to be determined to be a wetland, the affected land shall not be considered to be wetland for purposes of this subchapter.","path":["Title 16—CONSERVATION","CHAPTER 58—ERODIBLE LAND AND WETLAND CONSERVATION AND RESERVE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc16@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:44Z","sha256":"cf07f2008683a466b862cf0dba00eaba4951f609703ab408f84185a6e83dae81","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/16-u.s.c.-3823","next":"us/16-u.s.c.-3830"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}