[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 10, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1606]
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      By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar):
  S. 1539. 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; to the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  Mr. THUNE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 1539

       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 to the Secretary 
     that acreage 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, 2024, and 
     each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2028, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 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 to the 
     Secretary that acreage 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, 2024, 
     and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2028, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
     House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 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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