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HR 3939 115th Congress House Agriculture and Food Agricultural insurance Congressional oversight Disaster relief and insurance Farmland

American Prairie Conservation Act

Introduced: October 4, 2017 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Oct 26, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Oct 4, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Oct 4, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Prairie Conservation Act

This bill amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to modify provisions, known as sodsaver provisions, that reduce benefits under the Department of Agriculture (USDA) crop insurance and noninsured crop disaster assistance programs for farmers who plant crops on native sod.

The bill also amends the Agriculture Act of 2014 to extend the requirement for USDA to submit annual reports to Congress regarding cropland acreage.

What's happening now October 26, 2017

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

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Apr 18, 2018
 R
Crawford, Eric A. "Rick"
Arkansas · Oct 31, 2017
Walz, Timothy
· Oct 4, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3939: American Prairie Conservation Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3939/
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"H.R. 3939: American Prairie Conservation Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3939/.
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H.R. 3939, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3939/.
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