,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbhg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #aj1 #bjai,mr4
 ,thornberry introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure  ,a ,,bill  ,to clarify 
the definition of navigable waters1 and 
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,federal 
,regulatory ,certainty for ,water ,act4 
#b4 ,repeal of agency regulations ,the  
final rule issued by the ,administrator 
of the ,environmental ,protection       
,agency and the ,secretary of the ,army 
entitled ,clean ,water ,rule3           
,definition of ,waters of the ,united   
,states1 signed by the ,administrator   
and the ,assistant ,secretary of the    
,army for ,civil ,works on ,may #bg1    
#bjae1 shall have no force or effect4   
#c4 ,definition of navigable waters     
,section #ejb of the ,federal ,water    
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#acfb7 is amended by striking paragraph 

7#g7 and inserting the following3  7#g7 
,navigable waters  7,a7 ,in general ,the
 term navigable waters means the waters 
of the ,united ,states1 including the   
territorial seas1 that are-- 7i7        
navigable-in-fact2 or  7ii7 permanent or
 continuously flowing bodies of water   
that form geographical features commonly
 known as streams1 oceans1 rivers1 and  
lakes that are connected to waters that 
are navigable-in-fact4  7,b7 ,exclusions
 ,the term navigable waters does not    
include-- 7i7 waters that do not        
physically abut waters described in     
subparagraph 7,a7 through an actual and 
continuous surface water connection2    
7ii7 man-made or natural structures or  
channels through which water flows      
intermittently or ephemerally1 including
 for the periodic drainage of rainfall2 
or  7iii7 wetlands1 including playa     
lakes1 prairie potholes1 wet meadows1   
wet prairies1 and vernal pools1 that    
lack a continuous surface water         
connection to bodies of water that are  

waters described in subparagraph 7,a74  
7,c7 ,no aggregation ,the aggregation of
 wetlands or waters shall not be used to
 determine whether the wetlands or      
waters are navigable waters4  4  #d4    
,coast ,guard ,nothing in this ,act or  
the amendments made by this ,act shall  
be construed to impair1 diminish1 or    
otherwise affect the authority1         
function1 jurisdiction1 or power of the 
,coast ,guard1 or any member thereof1   
with respect to the navigable waters of 
the ,united ,states1 or to affect or    
alter the status of such waters as      
navigable waters of the ,united ,states 
for such purposes4