American Prairie Conservation Act

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.

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Timeline

1. 4 October 2017

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 4 October 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 4 October 2017

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 26 October 2017

   Referred

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

   Source: Committee

Votes

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Versions

• Introduced in House · 4 October 2017 · Official file

Documents

3 official files

• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 October 2017

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• Introduced in House (PDF)

  Introduced in House · EN · 4 October 2017

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 October 2017

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Sponsors

• Kristi Noem · R · Sponsor
• Timothy Walz · D · Sponsor
• COLLIN PETERSON · D · Cosponsor
• Eric Crawford · R · Cosponsor
• RICHARD NOLAN · D · Cosponsor
• Keith Ellison · D · Cosponsor
• Zoe Lofgren · D · Cosponsor
• · hsag00 · Standing

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