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H.R. 686 113th Congress House

Protect our Prairies Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to modify the ineligibility requirements for producers that produce an annual crop on native sod, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 21, 2013 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Agricultural conservation and pollutionAgricultural insuranceAgricultural prices, subsidies, creditDisaster relief and insuranceLand use and conservation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 1, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Feb 14, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Feb 14, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 1, 2013

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

 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.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1947 Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
  • S 10 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
  • S 801 Prairie Protection Act of 2013
  • S 954 Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 20
All 20 Democratic 2 Republican 3
KIND, RON
· Jul 31, 2013
COBLE, HOWARD
· May 23, 2013
 D
Courtney, Joe
Connecticut · May 21, 2013
Ellison, Keith
· May 21, 2013
 R
Graves, Sam
Missouri · May 21, 2013
TERRY, LEE
· May 21, 2013
Bustos, Cheri
· May 6, 2013
NOLAN, RICHARD
· Apr 16, 2013
Davis, Rodney
· Apr 12, 2013
Gibbs, Bob
· Apr 12, 2013
Hanna, Richard
· Apr 9, 2013
Kuster, Ann
· Apr 9, 2013
Braley, Bruce
· Feb 26, 2013
Blumenauer, Earl
· Feb 14, 2013
Fortenberry, Jeff
· Feb 14, 2013
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Feb 14, 2013
PETERSON, COLLIN
· Feb 14, 2013
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 14, 2013
Walz, Timothy
· Feb 14, 2013
 R
Wittman, Robert J.
Virginia · Feb 14, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 686: Protect our Prairies Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-686/
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