,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ccff  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #cj1 
#bjbc,mr4 ,rounds 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,ricketts1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,marshall1 
,mr4 ,braun1 ,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4         
,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,cramer1 and ,mrs4      
,hyde-,smith7 introduced the following  
bill2 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 cropland1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,farmers ,freedom   
,act of #bjbc4  #b4 ,prior converted    
cropland ,for purposes of the definition
 of the term waters of the ,united      
,states under the ,federal ,water       
,pollution ,control ,act 7#cc ,u4,s4,c4 
#abea et seq47 and exclusions from that 
term1 including under section #cbh4c of 
title #cc and section #abj4b of title   

#dj1 ,code of ,federal ,regulations 7and
 any successor regulations71 the        
,administrator of the ,environmental    
,protection ,agency and the ,secretary  
of the ,army1 acting through the ,chief 
of ,engineers1 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 ,rule3 ,definition of       
,waters of the ,united ,states 7#he     
,fed4 ,reg4 #bbbej 7,april #ba1 #bjbj774