119-s1209

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1209 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1209

 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture 
 Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make the native sod provisions 
applicable to the United States and to modify those provisions, and for 
 other purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 March 31, 2025

 Mr. Thune (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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 A BILL

 To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture 
 Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to make the native sod provisions 
applicable to the United States and to modify those provisions, and for 
 other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``American Prairie Conservation Act''.

SEC. 2. CROP PRODUCTION ON NATIVE SOD.

    (a) Federal Crop Insurance.--

Section 508

    (o) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508

    (o) ) is amended by striking paragraph

    (3) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (3) Native sod conversion certification.--
 ``
        (A) Certification.--As a condition on the receipt 
 of benefits under this subtitle, a producer that has 
 tilled native sod acreage for the production of an 
 insurable crop as described in paragraph

    (2)
        (A) shall 
 certify that acreage to the Secretary using--
 ``
            (i) an acreage report form of the Farm 
 Service Agency (FSA-578 or any successor form); 
 and
 ``
            (ii) 1 or more maps.
 ``
        (B) Corrections.--Beginning on the date on which 
 a producer submits a certification under subparagraph
        (A) , as soon as practicable after the producer 
 discovers a change in tilled native sod acreage 
 described in that subparagraph, the producer shall 
 submit to the Secretary any appropriate corrections to 
 a form or map described in clause
            (i) or
            (ii) of that 
 subparagraph.
 ``
            (C) Annual reports.--Not later than January 1, 
 2026, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 
 2030, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 
 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and 
 the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
 Representatives a report that describes the tilled 
 native sod acreage that has been certified under 
 subparagraph
        (A) in each county and State as of the 
 date of submission of the report.''.

    (b) Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance.--

Section 196

    (a)

    (4) of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7333

    (a)

    (4) ) is amended by striking subparagraph
            (C) and inserting the 
following:
 ``
            (C) Native sod conversion certification.--
 ``
            (i) Certification.--As a condition on the 
 receipt of benefits under this section, a 
 producer that has tilled native sod acreage for 
 the production of an insurable crop as 
 described in subparagraph
        (B)
            (i) shall certify 
 that acreage to the Secretary using--
 ``
            (I) an acreage report form of the 
 Farm Service Agency (FSA-578 or any 
 successor form); and
 ``
            (II) 1 or more maps.
 ``
            (ii) Corrections.--Beginning on the date 
 on which a producer submits a certification 
 under clause
            (i) , as soon as practicable after 
 the producer discovers a change in tilled 
 native sod acreage described in that clause, 
 the producer shall submit to the Secretary any 
 appropriate corrections to a form or map 
 described in subclause
            (I) or
            (II) of that 
 clause.
 ``
            (iii) Annual reports.--Not later than 
 January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter 
 through January 1, 2030, the Secretary shall 
 submit to the Committee on Agriculture, 
 Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the 
 Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
 Representatives a report that describes the 
 tilled native sod acreage that has been 
 certified under clause
            (i) in each county and 
 State as of the date of submission of the 
 report.''.
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