Farmers Freedom Act of 2023
S 3366, the Farmers Freedom Act of 2023, clarifies that "prior converted cropland" must be defined using the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule. This directly affects farmers who converted wetlands to cropland before 2008, ensuring their land remains excluded from certain federal water pollution regulations. The bill mandates the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to adopt the specific 2020 regulatory definition for this term, maintaining current regulatory status for affected agricultural land. It does not create new rules but preserves existing exemptions for prior converted cropland under the Clean Water Act.
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Nov 2023
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Introduced Nov 30, 2023
Last action Nov 30, 2023
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Nov 30, 2023
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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Nov 30, 2023
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1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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