118 S3366 IS: Farmers Freedom Act of 2023 U.S. Senate 2023-11-30 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II118th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3366IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 30, 2023Mr. 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 WorksA BILLTo 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.

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Short title

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

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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)).