Farmers Freedom Act of 2023

Bill: 118-s-3366
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD]
Introduced: 2023-11-30
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2023-11-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3366 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 30, 2023 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 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.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Farmers Freedom Act of 2023 . 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)).