US Congress House Bill 3939 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on October 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Pending: House Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

American Prairie Conservation Act

Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Eric Crawford [R-AR]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-26	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
2017-10-04	House	Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
2017-10-04	House	Introduced in House

SB1913 (Same As) 2017-10-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/3939/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr3939/BILLS-115hr3939ih.pdf