,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ejga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,ribble 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,schrader1  
,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york1 ,mr4       
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1
 ,mr4 ,lucas1 and ,mr4 ,peterson7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,transportation and ,infrastructure  ,a 
,,bill  ,to preserve existing rights and
 responsibilities with respect to       
non-prohibited discharges of dredged or 
fill material under the ,clean ,water   
,act4  #a4 ,short ,title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,agricultural           
,conservation ,flexibility ,act of      
#bjad4  #b4 ,rules pertaining to        
non-prohibited discharges of dredged or 
fill material under the ,clean ,water   
,act  7a7 ,in ,general ,section         
#djd7;f77#a77;,a7 of the ,federal ,water
 ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4
 #acdd7;f77#a77;,a77 shall be applied   
without regard to the interpretive rule 

issued on ,march #be1 #bjad1 entitled   
,u4,s4 ,environmental ,protection       
,agency and ,u4,s4 ,department of the   
,army ,interpretive ,rule ,regarding the
 ,applicability of the ,clean ,water    
,act ,section #djd7;f77#a77;,a74  7b7   
,rules of ,construction for ,certain    
,agricultural ,activities  7#a7 ,soil   
and ,water ,conservation ,practices     
7,a7 ,all soil and water conservation   
practices shall be treated as normal    
farming1 silviculture1 and ranching     
activities under section                
#djd7;f77#a77;,a7 of the ,federal ,water
 ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4
 #acdd7;f77#a77;,a774  7,b7 ,no soil and
 water conservation practice shall be   
treated as a new use of an area of      
navigable waters1 an impairment of the  
flow and circulation of navigable       
waters1 or a reduction in the reach of  
such waters under section #djd7;f77#b7  
of the ,federal ,water ,pollution       
,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4            
#acdd7;f77#b774  7#b7 ,normal ,farming1 

,silviculture1 and ,ranching ,activities
 ,normal farming1 silviculture1 and     
ranching activities shall be treated as 
such without regard to the date of      
commencement of such activities4  #c4   
,withdrawal of ,interpretive ,rule and  
,prohibition of ,further ,agency ,action
  7a7 ,withdrawal of ,interpretive ,rule
 ,the ,secretary of the ,army and the   
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall withdraw the  
interpretive rule described in section  
#b7;a74  7b7 ,prohibition of ,further   
,agency ,action  7#a7 ,neither the      
,secretary of the ,army nor the         
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency shall use the       
interpretive rule described in section  
#b7;a71 or any substantially similar    
rule or guidance1 as the basis for any  
rulemaking1 decision1 or action         
regarding the scope or enforcement of   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #abea et seq474     
7#b7 ,any violation of paragraph 7#a7   

shall be grounds for vacating the rule1 
decision1 or action constituting such   
violation4  #d4 ,applicability ,this    
,act shall apply with respect to        
activities occurring on or after ,march 
#be1 #bjad4