1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Bridging Responsible Agricultural Conservation Efforts Act . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Chief of Engineers The term Chief of Engineers means the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. 3. Normal farming activities (a) In general Section 404(f)(1)(A) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act ( 33 U.S.C. 1344(f)(1)(A) ) is amended by striking or upland soil and water conservation practices and inserting upland soil and water conservation practices (including changing conservation systems), crop changes for soil management (including the use of haying and pasturing for the purpose of harvest or grazing), or activities and practices employed for purposes of expanding production in an operation . (b) Deadline Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator and the Chief of Engineers, jointly with the Secretary, shall issue a rule to revise the regulations implementing section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reflect the amendment made by subsection (a). The rule shall also include activities and practices employed for purposes of expanding production in an operation, changing crops produced in an operation, and changing conservation systems in an operation. 4. Application of Food Security Act of 1985 to Federal Water Pollution Control Act enforcement (a) Secretary of Agriculture decisions (1) Prior converted cropland (A) Effect of determination For purposes of section 404 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Chief of Engineers and the Administrator shall consider land to be prior converted cropland if the land has, at any time, been determined by the Secretary to be prior-converted cropland or commenced-conversion wetland under the Food Security Act of 1985. (B) No abandonment In carrying out subparagraph (A),