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HR 5879 112th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollution Agricultural insurance Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Disaster relief and insurance Land use and conservation

Protect our Prairies Act

Introduced: May 31, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 27, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
May 31, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
May 31, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protect our Prairies Act - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance assistance and noninsured crop disaster assistance for crops grown on native sod acreage converted to cropland for the first four years.

What's happening now June 27, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 3240 Related bill Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2012
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 2
JOHNSON, TIMOTHY
· Aug 2, 2012
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Jul 25, 2012
BOSWELL, LEONARD
· Jul 10, 2012
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Jul 10, 2012
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Jun 27, 2012
Walz, Timothy
· May 31, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5879: Protect our Prairies Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5879/
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"H.R. 5879: Protect our Prairies Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5879/.
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H.R. 5879, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-5879/.
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