S 1913
115th Congress
Senate
Agriculture and Food
Agricultural insurance
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
American Prairie Conservation Act
Introduced: October 4, 2017
Introduced by:
Thune, John
Republican
· South Dakota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 4, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Oct 4, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Committees of jurisdiction
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