Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text: CR S1926)
The American Prairie Conservation Act amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act and the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to require producers who till native sod for insurable crops to certify that acreage using an FSA acreage form (FSA‑578 or successor) and maps.
Producers must submit corrections when tilled acreage changes.
The Secretary must report certified tilled native sod acreage by county and State annually from January 1, 2026 through January 1, 2030 to relevant House and Senate Agriculture Committees.
Content is narrow and administratively feasible, but standalone bill has limited urgency; most likely to advance if folded into a broader farm/agriculture package.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill primarily effects substantive statutory change by adding certification requirements for tilled native sod and mandating multi-year reporting to Congress; it is specific in mechanism and statutory placement but omits fiscal, definitional, and enforcement detail.
Liberals see it as helpful transparency but insufficient for conservation
Liberals see it as helpful transparency but insufficient for conservation
Likely supportive of the bill’s transparency and data collection on native sod conversion, seeing it as a step toward protecting prairie ecosystems.
Would view the measure as helpful but modest, and likely want stronger restrictions or incentives for conservation.
Likely moderately supportive as a pragmatic administrative improvement that provides better data with limited new policy intrusion.
Will seek clarity on implementation costs, farmer paperwork burden, and how reports will be used.
Likely skeptical, viewing the bill as additional federal paperwork and potential precursor to land‑use restrictions.
May accept modest clarifications but worry about federal intrusion and map/data privacy.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Content is narrow and administratively feasible, but standalone bill has limited urgency; most likely to advance if folded into a broader farm/agriculture package.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals see it as helpful transparency but insufficient for conservation
Content is narrow and administratively feasible, but standalone bill has limited urgency; most likely to advance if folded into a broader f…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill primarily effects substantive statutory change by adding certification requirements for tilled native sod and mandating multi-year reporting to Congress; it is specif…
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