US Congress Senate Bill 1913 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: Introduced on October 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-10-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Pending: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry 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

Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Mike Rounds [R-SD]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-10-04	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

HB3939 (Same As) 2017-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1913/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1913/BILLS-115s1913is.pdf