US SB1913 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
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]
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]
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.
Title
American Prairie Conservation Act
Sponsors
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] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-10-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. |
Same As/Similar To
HB3939 (Same As) 2017-10-26 - Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
Subjects
Agricultural insurance
Agriculture and food
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
Agriculture and food
Congressional oversight
Disaster relief and insurance
Farmland
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1913/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1913/BILLS-115s1913is.pdf |