,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ai1     
#bjad ,mr4 ,barrasso 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,vitter1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,risch1 
,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4 ,crapo1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 
,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,coburn1 ,mr4        
,johanns1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4
 ,sessions1 ,mr4 ,toomey1 ,mr4          
,grassley1 ,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mrs4         
,fischer1 ,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,roberts1   
,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 
,mr4 ,heller1 ,mr4 ,cochran1 ,mr4       
,chambliss1 ,mr4 ,blunt1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1  
,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,lee1 and ,mr4 ,burr7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,environment and ,public  
,works  ,a ,,bill  ,to preserve existing
 rights and responsibilities with       
respect to waters of the ,united        
,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,protecting ,water  
and ,property ,rights ,act of #bjad4    
#b4 ,identification of waters protected 

by the ,clean ,water ,act  7a7  ,in     
general  ,neither the ,secretary of the 
,army nor the ,administrator of the     
,environmental ,protection ,agency      
shall--  7#a7 finalize the proposed rule
 entitled ,definition of #8,waters of   
the ,united ,states' ,under the ,clean  
,water ,act 7#gi ,fed4 ,reg4 #bbahh     
7,april #ba1 #bjad772 or  7#b7 use the  
proposed rule described in paragraph    
7#a71 or any substantially similar      
proposed rule or guidance1 as the basis 
for any rulemaking or any decision      
regarding the scope or enforcement of   
the ,federal ,water ,pollution ,control 
,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 #abea et seq474  7b7
  ,rules  ,the use of the proposed rule 
described in subsection 7a77#a71 or any 
substantially similar proposed rule or  
guidance1 as the basis for any          
rulemaking or any decision regarding the
 scope or enforcement of the ,federal   
,water ,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc    
,u4,s4,c4 #abea et seq47 shall be       
grounds for vacation of the final rule1 

decision1 or enforcement action4