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Introduced
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
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Introduced Session
113th Congress
Bill Summary
Protect our Prairies Act
AI Summary
This bill, titled the Protect our Prairies Act, aims to modify the rules that make farmers ineligible for federal crop insurance and disaster assistance when they plant annual crops on native sod, which refers to land that has never been tilled. Specifically, it adjusts the penalties for the first four years a producer plants on native sod, reducing their crop insurance premium subsidies by 50 percentage points and limiting the use of their transitional yield (an estimated yield based on similar land) to 65 percent. The bill also requires the Secretary of Agriculture to report on cropland acreage changes annually.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (21)
Kristi Noem (R)*,
Earl Blumenauer (D),
Bruce Braley (D),
Cheri Bustos (D),
Howard Coble (R),
Joe Courtney (D),
Rodney Davis (R),
Keith Ellison (D),
Jeff Fortenberry (R),
Bob Gibbs (R),
Sam Graves (R),
Richard Hanna (R),
Ron Kind (D),
Ann Kuster (D),
Bob Latta (R),
Richard Nolan (D),
Collin Peterson (D),
Lee Terry (R),
Bennie Thompson (D),
Timothy Walz (D),
Rob Wittman (R),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. (on 03/01/2013)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| BillText | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr686ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr686ih.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/686/all-info |
| Bill | http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-113hr686ih/pdf/BILLS-113hr686ih.pdf.pdf |
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