Farmers Freedom Act of 2023

S. 3366 · 118th Congress · Nov 30, 2023 · Lineage

A BILL

To require the Environmental Protection Agency and the Corps of Engineers to use a certain definition for the term prior converted cropland, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Farmers Freedom Act of 2023”.

Sec. 2 Prior converted cropland

For purposes of the definition of the term waters of the United States under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and exclusions from that term, including under section 328.3 of title 33 and section 120.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor regulations), the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, shall ensure that the term prior converted cropland has the meaning given the term in the final rule of the Corps of Engineers and the Environmental Protection Agency entitled “The Navigable Waters Protection Rule: Definition of “Waters of the United States”” (85 Fed. Reg. 22250 (April 21, 2020)).

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Nov 30, 2023viewing Introduced in Senate Mr. Rounds (for himself, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Thune, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Braun, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cramer, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

Farmers Freedom Act of 2023

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Prior converted cropland

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